On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Dennis Blewett <
dennis.blewett AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> I tried reading through the BackupPC manual, but I found it very cryptic. I
> can't tell if I should be using rsync or rsyncd.
> Furthermore, I can't determine if I should be using rsync in one scenario
> and rsyncd in another.
>
> I have a computer with three hard drives. I'm basically attempting a
> son-father-grandfather backup system.
>
> Drive 1 = drive with Windows XP, Fedora, and Ubuntu
> Drive 2 = 500 GB drive (for archival purposes)
> Drive 3 = 1 TB drive (for archival purposes)
>
> In general, I want to do the following with this computer:
>
> 1. Backup materials on drive 1 to drive 2 and drive 3
> 2. Allow incremental backups of materials on drive 1 to be made to drive 2
> and drive 3
>
> I believe in this scenario, I want something, such as rsync, to do the work,
> because rsync will only backup files that have changed or are new.
>
> I have another computer (a laptop) with two OSs, bunches of partitions,
> etc...
> I want to be able to network the laptop to my computer (that of which I'm
> currently typing up this email) and have that information stored on drive 3.
> I'd like for it to be a incremental backup system, so I suspect it would be
> using rsync.
>
> As a side note, I won't mind if everything is only backed up to drive 3 if
> BackupPC is limited to backing up to only one drive.
>
> Again, I've read the manual. I don't understand it. I understand that
> BackupPC is a powerful backup tool.
> It seems to be better than the Simple Backup program I'm using in Ubuntu.
>
> What kinds of options, configurations, and actions must I make to get this
> kind of backup setup going?