Comments on: My one-line, no-frills backup solution

By: Data backup ssolutions

Data backup ssolutions — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:13:06 +0000

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By: jj

jj — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:03:11 +0000

Is there any reason why there is an Adobe keygen in that screenshot?

By: Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:54 +0000

Some people are getting confused between backup and archive.
The command line backup of work in progress to Mesh works really well.
However, if you have files that you want to archive and keep in case of a disaster then you need to do that in an ordered way in storage that is physically away from your computer. Use whatever works for you.

By: Dan Rickard

Dan Rickard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:20 +0000

That’s exactly what I do – except your script is better than mine in that it removes items you delete from source.
I’d been trying to get that to work for a while, so I’ve stolen your switches. I hope you don’t mind…

By: Paul C

Paul C — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:35:49 +0000

Go to http://www.getdropbox.com.
Get yourself a free 2 GB account.
It will sync between any number
of PCs running W2K or XP or Vista
or W7. It keeps all versions so
you can backtrack any time you
need to. I have been using it for
months. It works very well. It is
fast because it transfers deltas.
I use it for all my fast-changing
critical data. It just keeps on
synchronising every time you close
a file in the sync folder, so you
don’t have to hit a button to make
it happen. For slow-changing
large data I have a 100 GB account
with http://www.humyo.com at GBP 4.59 per
month. Between the two of these
facilities, I have my solution.

By: JH

JH — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:28:51 +0000

Copy important stuff to external drive, along with full system backup, and also to 4.7GB DVD-RW. 2 of these is fine for all the user-created stuff I have. Then take them with me if I go anywhere, and leave in fireproof box/throw out window. Any work is on at least 2 locations: home, USB drive and work.

By: Steve Cassidy

Steve Cassidy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:03:28 +0000

Rich Copy just ran for three days straight, and has kept my copy job definition live and active even though the server it was copying to, went down. Server back up: off it trots again. This is on approx 700 gig dataset.

Very impressive stuff.

By: James Bassett

James Bassett — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:47:56 +0000

Like a lot of people, I have a few different backups for different scenarios. I take a full system backup every few months, in case the whole PC dies. My most changeable stuff (work docs, financials, reviews, code etc) is all covered by SugarSynch so is near real-time. Then “memories” (music, family video, photos) go on an external hard drive that is kept somewhere else. It’s also replicated. If I upload a photo, it goes on my PC and then up to the NAS. If the wife uploads a photo, it goes on her laptop and then the NAS. So there are always two copies – somewhere.

Actually, thinking about it, that sounds like a complete mess! Maybe I need to start again! Highly recommend SugarSynch though. Been using for a couple of years now and really handy for sharing large files too.

By: GrandpaG

GrandpaG — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:31:20 +0000

I use Windows Live Sync (WLS) to synchronise and backup our office PC’s. The WLS limits are 20 folders x 20,000files, each file limited to 4GB (not a problem for me).

There are 3 PC’s in an office and 1 PC elsewhere, all synchronised with WLS, so this also gives us an off-site backup.

Just to be sure, there is also a backup to external drives on each site.

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:32:19 +0000

I use Rsync (or more specifically, cwRsync on Windows machines). It’s a bit command liney, but there again so is RoboCopy.

The beauty with Rsync is that if you are syncing a 2Gb file where only 100k has changed (e.g. an onlook PST or OST file), only that 100k is copied.

This really speeds up the backup, especially if you’re backing up over a broadband link.