As a simple home user... I use Grsync from the desktop to backup my home directory to an external drive, and once per month, I use rsync to copy backup drive to a second drive.
I really like Grsync from the desktop... two clicks to activate my standard home directory backup, but I don't understand how to use it from the GUI desktop to backup say, the entire home directory without tinkering with everybody's permissions.
For an all-users data backup, I usually just drop into a terminal, log in as root and use rsync.
I like backing up my data in simple standard file structures that don't require any special software to read through... my main backup drive is formatted NTFS. Occasionally I boot the machine into Windows, and it is nice to be able to access all of the Linux files backed up there easily from Windows... and vice-versa.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 03/03/2010 06:50 PM, Hristo Petkov wrote:In an ideal world you would backup *everything*.
> Hi Guys,
>
> What are you going to backup.
That's the base OS, without any applications and without updates. Going
> The OS is 'backed-up' on the live CD, the applications are 'backed-up'
up-to-date will take a lot longer than restoring a backup.
Hunting for apps and installing them online means you can't use your
> all over the web, the repository lists can be found in Google, and the
computer for your needs.
Are you joking? When did you copy last time your /home on a flash
> user files can simply be copied onto a flash memory - 64 GB for example.
memory? How long did it take?
I take you never lost you /home so far...
> What is more with every new installation of the OS you are becomming
> better and better - this is a unique chance to improve your skills and
> to update or upgrade the OS.
Usually every user has to decide for a backup strategy examining various
> What are you going to backup.
trade-offs: size, space, time, importance of data.
For a simple user (the target of the Desktop spin) I expect to be about
documents, data and settings.
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