incremental backups

rdiff-backup: Easy incremental backups from the command line

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 10/31/2008 - 18:21

Storage is becoming cheaper and cheaper: you can find hard drives that cost less than a dollar per GiB. Buying an external hard drive to make backups (or even having a backup server) is a must if you value your work and what you have stored in your computer.

However, doing backups should be easy enough to be done on a regular basis.


 

New releases for Dump restore utilities

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 05/03/2008 - 02:11

Dump examines files in a filesystem, determines which ones need to be backed up, and copies those files to a specified disk, tape or other storage medium.Subsequent incremental backups can then be layered on top of the full backup.This project's SourceForge.net CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following i


 

Scheduled Backups With Rsyncbackup On Debian Etch

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 04/22/2008 - 07:27

This document describes how to set up and configure rsyncbackup on Debian Etch. Rsyncbackup is a Perl script that cooperates with rsync.

It's easy to configure and able to create scheduled backups (partial and incremental backups).