Subj : Re: Backup script tuning
To   : paulie420
From : Ganiman
Date : Thu Nov 24 2022 12:06:41

A little late to the discussion here, but figured I'd drop a comment.

I use Bacula for all of my backups at home, and have used it to back up entire 
corporate enterprises. It will do everything you need - rotating your backups, 
restoring, messagine, reporting, etc - its a very good and fully featured open 
source backup utility. It backs up all the games I host, databases, etc. I 
think you like Debian and there are certainly packages for it. Bacula has 3 
components to it: manager, storage daemon (where your backups go) and file 
daemon (the client).

If you decide to take the plunge and try it out, I'm happy to help with 
questions. Just wanted to mention it. Learning bash scripting is fun too, but I 









































































































































































































































































find can be cumbersome to manage when you deal with multiple systems you want 
to back up to a central location.

Take care,

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