[uug] Backup Solution

[Kimball Larsen]

On Apr 15, 2008, at 4:47 AM, Bryan Murdock wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Mark Gardner <markgard at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Ok, in light of my USB Drive failure/scare/recovory I've decided to
>> add another layer to my backup solution. (If it's not coppied twice  
>> it
>> might as well be gone).
>>
>> Here's what I'm looking for.  A little utility/program/suite whatever
>> that I can point at what I want to backup and have it create backup
>> files in the appropriate size to backup to DVDs. (DVD backup has a
>> higher wife acceptance rate than external USB drive).
>>
>> I've looked into amanda, I think it will do all I want. (backup to
>> external usb drive, AND files big enough for DVD).  It seem rather
>> complicated.
>>
>> any other suggestions.   My local LUG --kclug-- [kansas city] is no
>> help, (they like to argue tangents and put down newbies),  BYU UUG is
>> once again the best LUG ever.
>>

and I'll chime in with a vote for backuppc - though I'm not sure how  
well it will play with DVDs as the storage media.


- Kimball
http://www.kimballlarsen.com