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Author Topic: easy backups on linux: timevault  (Read 7,723 times)

urlwolf

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easy backups on linux: timevault
« on: November 13, 2008, 10:30 AM »
There's a nice review of timevault here.
I'm just configuring it myself. Will report back.

BTW, SFFS is coming to linux too!

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Re: easy backups on linux: timevault
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2008, 03:06 PM »
ATM I cannot open that page, it seems the server is down or has other problems.

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Re: easy backups on linux: timevault
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2008, 03:37 PM »
Looks cute enough, but is it smart?

I use rsnapshot for my linux server backup needs, and while it's definitely not as usefriendly as timevault seems to be, it's pretty smart - it doesn't hash filenames, etc., so I can use whatever filemanager of my choice (including plain old cp :)) to copy a folder like "weekly.3" somewhere, and I have all the files from that period, not just the modified once. Works through the use of hardlinks, it's basically apple's TimeMachine for *u*x.
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Re: easy backups on linux: timevault
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2008, 01:54 AM »
Nice apps, thanks!
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