[OPLINTECH] Backup Software for Servers

[Dan Will]

Have you tried Cobian Backup <http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm> ? I haven’t used it for a while but, I used it in version 8 (current is v10)and liked it a lot.

Just another option.

 

Dan Will

Technology Supervisor

Meigs County District Public Library

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740.992.5813

740.992.6140 (fax)

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From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf Of Chad Neeper
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:47 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Backup Software for Servers

 

I've had some false starts along these lines as well, using FOSS. The capabilities are there, I just haven't been able to dedicate the time to working with the various available software. Here's a list of some of the network-centric backup software out there that I'm aware of:

Amanda (http://www.amanda.org)
BackupPC  (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net)
Bacula  (http://www.bacula.org)
good ole' rsync  (http://www.samba.org/rsync)
Areca Backup  (http://www.areca-backup.org)


Bacula seems to be a very popular enterprise-level backup. Amanda may be second in line.

Areca is touted as a "personal backup" software, so if you're just backing up the one server to its own tape drive, Areca might fit your requirements.

My own goal is to be able to 1) use FOSS backup software at my clients instead of BackupExec   and 2) to be able to have a hard drive-based backup server running at my office that I can use during off-hours to regularly back up select individual folders and files from my clients' servers and even select workstations. After developing it, #2 would cost very little to operate, but it would be a good second line of defense for my libraries & schools. Not all of them are very good about their backups. Even fewer regularly take a backup off-site.


Just some thoughts,
Chad




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Chad Neeper
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Mike Hensel wrote: 

OPLIN Libraries:

 

I’m wondering if anyone knows of a free software that can be used to backup data on a Windows 2008 R2 server being used as a file share server?  Symantec Backup Exec has been recommended and I can get it from Tech Soup for $117 which is a deal but I’m still curious about a free solution.  We would be backing up to a internal DAT 72 Drive.  Windows backup in 2008 only does internal/external drives no tape drives.

 

Thanks, 

 

Mike Hensel

Youth Services Librarian, MLIS

London Public Library

20 E. First Street

London, OH 43140

www.mylondonlibrary.org

740-852-9543

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