[ale] Looking for backup solution.

[Jim]

Stephen Cristol wrote:

>Dirvish (dirvish.org) takes a similar approach to RVM. Dirvish also  
>has a Windows guide (Setting up Windows as a Dirvish client), though  
>a casual glance suggests that it just tells you how to setup rsync  
>under Windows.
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>If the planned backups are over a private network, do you need to use  
>ssh? If not, would that make an rsync based solutions more palatable?
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It is a private network.  I've used rsync in the past on the MS system 
but I had a full install of cygwin to support it and that was a 
monster.  I understand there are better solutions these days, but I 
really liked the simplicity of the bacula solution.  Too bad it's so flakey.

Thanks,
Jim.