[Mageia-discuss] [Ticket #16] Preferred backup program / drakbackup

[Xuo]

Hi,

To my point of view, BackupPC is really a good backup tool. It is not
easy to install (if there is a rpm, it should be easier) and to
configure, but it is very interesting.

Xuo.

Le 17/07/2011 10:55, Jeff Robins a écrit :
> > Tools for backup - security copies (with GUI - with interface graphics)
> > 1 - BackupPC - ok -> Mageia-1  (server)
> > 2 - Bacula - ok -> Mageia-1  (server)
> > 3 - Drakbackup ---------- no ----------------
> > 4 - TimeVault ---------- no ----------------
> > 5 - Luckybackup - ok ->> Mageia-1  (desktop user)
> > 6 - Fwbackup - Feature-rich user backup program​ - ok ->> Mageia-1 
> (desktop
> > user)
> > 7 - Deja-dup - simple backup- ok ->> Mageia-1  (desktop user)
>
> > Tools for backup - security copies (text mode / command with the
> console)
> > 1 - afbackup - - ok ->> Mageia-1
> > 2 - AMANDA - ---------- no ----------------
> > 3 - Duplicity - ok ->> Mageia-1
> > 4 - Dump / restore - - ok ->>Mageia-1
> > 5 - tar - - ok ->> Mageia-1
> > 6 - dd - - ok ->> Mageia-1 (ddrescue)
> > 7 - DAr - Disk Archiver - ---------- no ----------------
> > 8 - rdiff-backup - - ok ->> Mageia-1
>
>
> Macxi,
>
> Thank you for the list.  I will start to go through them later, probably
> next weekend.
>
> I have a couple of questions on your ratings though.
>
> 1) Why did you eliminate Drakbackup?
>
> 2) Why did you eliminate DAR?  I almost eliminated it from my current
> backup solution do to its odd command line usage and options, but I
> struggled through it until I understood them.  They are still a pain in
> the ass, especially when you have to specify file names without the
> ".dar".
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff
>
>