[TriLUG] OSS Backup software and mulitple OS clients

[Randy Barlow]

Hi Roy,

	I use and really like BackupPC.  It works great for clients of all
kinds, and supports many protocols for backing up clients (samba, rsync,
rsyncd, tar (over ssh).  It also has a pretty nice web interface
(requires a web server) to help you restore files.  It does pretty much
everything you asked for :)

Randy

Roy Vestal wrote:
> I'm working with a non-profit and am trying to come up with a backup
> solution with OSS. Here are the specifics
> 
> 10 Windows XP machines
> 1 Linux Samba Linux Server
> 1 Mac (OSX) client
> 1 Backup Server
> 1 NAS (for backup storage)
> 
> Backup side:
> Disk backup as opposed to tape backup
> Automated solution - minimal interaction as there is no sysadmin on site
> Incremental/Full/Current Data Protection (In Use Files), Bare Metal
> restore a plus but not needed
> Push/Pull configuration
> 
> Client side:
> Client side configuration in addition to admin configuration (user
> should be able to add to what is being updated)
> Client side file restore
> Client side initiated backup
> 
> We need a solution that is cross platform as you can see. We want to use
> Linux (most likely CentOS) for the backup server. I've been looking at
> Amanda/Zmanda and Backula. I'd like suggestions on these or any other
> OSS solutions.
> 
> TIA,
> Roy