rsnapshot and rdiff-backup : mirroring and backing up your website smartly

[mouser]

I've been looking into efficient and easy ways to keep backups of a server and came across these two tools.
Note these are not for casual users, but for server admin types, and run mostly on *nix.

• rdiff-backup: http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/
• rsnapshot: http://www.rsnapshot.org/

Also see these tutorials at http://www.howtoforge.com:

• Create Incremental Snapshot-style Backups With rSync And SSH
• Mirror Your Web Site With rsync
• Automated Backups With rdiff-backup
• Creating Images Of Your Linux System With SystemImager
• Backing Up And Restoring Your Dedicated Server With SystemImager

[Chris]

I use RIBS (Rsync Incremental Backup Script) http://www.rustyparts.com/ribs.php to back up servers. It use rsync to minise netwrk traffic.

RIBS is run by cron jobs. Theservers doneed shell access.

It is very efficent and easy to use.

Chris