Author: Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera AT theingots DOT org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 18:31:49 +0200
Thanks. The more I learn about BackupPC the more I realize that it is not what I'm looking for. I think I'm better off rewriting my script to add additional features (exponential backups) than to try
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 11:44:03 -0500
NAS (network attached storage) is a network file server (as opposed to SAN (storage area network) which provide block level access with drivers that make it look more like a local device. These used
Author: Les Mikesell <les AT futuresource DOT com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:14:57 -0500
I think you could make it work, but the advantage you are after (compression) isn't that important on a small scale and has a large down side especially for a machine backing itself up. You pretty mu
Author: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 21:38:19 -0400
Daniel Carrera wrote at about 08:25:21 +0200 on Saturday, May 23, 2009: One thing to consider is buying a consumer NAS device like the D-Link DNS-323. It is a small, high quality linux-based NAS that
Author: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 21:45:13 -0400
Daniel Carrera wrote at about 08:44:20 +0200 on Saturday, May 23, 2009: I think this thread is getting a bit ridiculous. BackupPC has been carefully constructed as a server package and you are trying
Author: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 13:55:51 +1000
This sounds like a more sensible idea, and I forgot to mention it when it first came up. Basically, there are hooks to run scripts when you plugin a usb device (I used to use this to start pppd on my