[ale] Linux GUI or CLI backup tool

[Jim Kinney]

Bacula is an ENTERPRISE class tool (i.e. huge and complicated and
really, really completely amazing!). The documentation alone is over
400 pages (and very well written). It is total overkill for a two
person network but it would really do the job (especially if you want
the ability to restore from bare metal over an encrypted tunnel from a
series of full/incremental backups archived on a NAS or multi-drive
tape library or something NASA would have :-)

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> You can look at Unison for a tool that utilizes rsync stuff via a GUI.
>
> Bacula is a backup software for open source backups.
>
> Haven't used either of those myself but see a lot of mention of them when these kind of questions come up in other forums.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Payne
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:13 PM
> To: sergio.chaves at gmail.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Linux GUI or CLI backup tool
>
> Jungle Disk or Spider Oak are good ones. If you want to have it off site.
>
> Chuck
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I currently use TAR to backup my PCs at home - not familiar with rsync.
>> Wife was converted to linux last year and love it (and so do I,  no more
>> reinstalls, yeah!).
>> The thing is that she got into photography and wants to manage her own
>> backups.
>> Is there a good, intuitive, linux GUI tool that uses Rsync? I would like to
>> just sync the directories after the 1st backup is done.
>> I am also ok with options other than rsync or a script that she can start from
>> a desktop shortcut.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Sergio Chaves
>>
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