Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 24, 2004 04:34 AM
Since it doesn't support half the requirements of a true backup system, it's mostly worthless.
I'd look into DAR (Disk ARchive) which is a full backup system which supports tape and CDR/RW and allows for the recovery of damaged archives using PAR files - a critical feature most backup "solutions" forget about: the unreliability of media. The only quibble I have about DAR is that it uses its own archive format instead of standard ones. Still, compared to the minimalist Konserver, it's definitely better. For newbies, however, it might be a bit hard to use.
Another alternative is SitBack which can be found here: http://www.mrbean.dk/index.php?menu=projects&subm<nobr>e<wbr></nobr> nu=sitback This is perhaps more useful for the small business. You configure a simple config file to specify what and how you want to backup and it does it. Quite a few options available.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 24, 2004 04:34 AMI'd look into DAR (Disk ARchive) which is a full backup system which supports tape and CDR/RW and allows for the recovery of damaged archives using PAR files - a critical feature most backup "solutions" forget about: the unreliability of media. The only quibble I have about DAR is that it uses its own archive format instead of standard ones. Still, compared to the minimalist Konserver, it's definitely better. For newbies, however, it might be a bit hard to use.
DAR can be found here: http://dar.linux.free.fr/
Another alternative is SitBack which can be found here: http://www.mrbean.dk/index.php?menu=projects&subm<nobr>e<wbr></nobr> nu=sitback This is perhaps more useful for the small business. You configure a simple config file to specify what and how you want to backup and it does it. Quite a few options available.
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