Posted by: Bob Shaffer
on February 25, 2004 09:16 PM
This is something I've been curious about for awhile now. I set up a program called Tivoli on some Linux boxes before which worked very well. I believe it was a commercial system. A "Tivoli server" that ran on a separate computer was used to hold the files. A daemon ran on the Linux box and connected to it using some proprietary (I assume) protocol. Incremental backups were done on a daily basis, but I'm pretty sure that you could set it up to run as often as you like. A graphical client could be used to restore things, and it was all very simple, quick, and reliable. That backup system was operated by a state university, though, and I'm sure it was more than a couple of dollars for the software and server. For my own personal use, I would like to find something simple to use to back everything on my system up. I've found myself doing things manually, but a daily incremental backup would definitely be nice.
First, a piece of advice that will probably overcome the problem you were having with FTP. The username and password can be encoded into the URL itself like this: ftp://username:password@server/path/file.ext Since the program you were talking about was written using QT, chances are it will support this so you should try it and let everyone know if it works.
Second, I would like to hear about more things that can be used! It looks like rsync works well, especially if it can use SSH to transfer things. I'll have to look at how incremental backups are done with it. It could be that a good graphical rsync client is all you really need after all. Either way, I would like to hear about more options. If it turns out that there really isn't anything really good out there, maybe I'll write something myself.
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Posted by: Bob Shaffer on February 25, 2004 09:16 PMFirst, a piece of advice that will probably overcome the problem you were having with FTP. The username and password can be encoded into the URL itself like this:
ftp://username:password@server/path/file.ext
Since the program you were talking about was written using QT, chances are it will support this so you should try it and let everyone know if it works.
Second, I would like to hear about more things that can be used! It looks like rsync works well, especially if it can use SSH to transfer things. I'll have to look at how incremental backups are done with it. It could be that a good graphical rsync client is all you really need after all. Either way, I would like to hear about more options. If it turns out that there really isn't anything really good out there, maybe I'll write something myself.
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