On 04/22 01:15 , Michael Schumacher wrote:
> Some weeks ago, I installed BackupPC on a Banana Pi based on a Centos7
> OS environment. The support for that ARM-platform is still very
> basic, but even if the EPEL-repo is not available, I managed to get all
> necessary perl components installed. Partly by building them with CPAN
> or from rebuilding RPMs from source. It took me about two evenings to
> collect all bits and pieces.

That may be acceptable if you're a programmer who knows the ins and outs of
CPAN, and is willing to keep track of software installed from source.
However, those of us who administrate dozens or hundreds of machines
(amongst which BackupPC is just one piece of software) require packaging
which integrates with the OS. The installation process should be as simple
as 'apt-get install backuppc', answer some questions, edit a few config
files, and you're done. It's already more work to install BackupPC than it
is Crashplan, and it offers fewer features (in some ways). BPC still wins on
cost, transparency, and flexibility of operation; but it does not solve all
our backup needs (such as client-driven push backups or site replication)
and as such is only one of several backup solutions we use. 

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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