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'''Option 1''': [http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ Duplicity]  looked promising but turned out to be too buggy to be usable.
'''Option 1''': [http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ Duplicity]  looked promising but turned out to be too buggy to be usable.


'''Option 2''' [http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/ BoxBackup] looks more promising - though this requires both a client and server daemon... and I've not yet got as far as setting this up in user-space.  I'm over the hurdle that only bdb3 seems to be fully installed (though some components of bdb4 also seem to be installed) - but am not wrestling with lack-lustre documentation for configuring the daemons.
'''Option 2''' [http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/ BoxBackup] looks more promising - though this requires both a client and server daemon... and I've not yet got as far as setting this up in user-space.  I'm over the hurdle that only bdb3 seems to be fully installed (though some components of bdb4 also seem to be installed too) - but am now wrestling with lack-lustre documentation for configuring the daemons.

Revision as of 12:05, 3 November 2006

Mumble, mumble, hmmm...

Backup

They're a real pain, ain't they?

I've been looking for ways to automate backing up my day-to-day bits-n-bobs...

Option 1: Duplicity looked promising but turned out to be too buggy to be usable.

Option 2 BoxBackup looks more promising - though this requires both a client and server daemon... and I've not yet got as far as setting this up in user-space. I'm over the hurdle that only bdb3 seems to be fully installed (though some components of bdb4 also seem to be installed too) - but am now wrestling with lack-lustre documentation for configuring the daemons.