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urlwolf:
Here are some discussions:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=34807.0

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/backup-utilities/ask-lifehacker-syncing-directories-163469.php

but in general the programs discussed are pretty weak.
Here are my requeriments, met by NONE of the programs:

(1) Incremental backups
(2) recovery from incremental backups to any point in time automatically (!). See https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=4532.0;topicseen
(3) rar compression, (I'd be nice to have the 10%-20% redundancy as extra safety againts corruption, plus better encryption capabilities).
(4) If using compression, I want indexing (find all versions of a file) and fast. Otherwise, I'll trust locate 3.0
(5) reliability
(6) sftp
(7) Monitoring. I want to be able to say: everytime a file in this folder changes, make a copy.
(8) versioning
(9) compare changes (a la beyond compare) of text files, highlighting syntax, and enabling live editing.

What are your thoughts? I know no program does all this. But, any combination that does all this?
Currently I'm using syncBackSE (no compression) + locate 3.0 + webdrive.

urlwolf:
Also, Ideally I want a program that can keep a copy of EVERY FILE in use in the system. E.g., if any application crashes and no backup was made by the app. itself, this backup program should take care of things. Bye bye crappy MS studio, etc crashes, and "the computer ate my homework" excuses...

mukestar:
As drives are cheap, why not just go for a raid 1 configuration.

f0dder:
Please repeat the following 1.000 times after me:
RAID MIRRORING IS NOT BACKUP! :mad:
-f0dder
--- End quote ---

mukestar:
Ahem

Also, Ideally I want a program that can keep a copy of EVERY FILE in use in the system.
-urlwolf (July 27, 2006, 12:01 PM)
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Which sounds like a good use of Mirroring, dontcha think

Anyway, asking someone to repeat something 1.000 times is basically just repeating it once, you`d make a rubbish teacher  :P

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