On Saturday 11 June 2011 14:53:42 LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Hi all,
til present I used my own script for backups using DAR. A drawback is that it is rather slow with good compression, and is useless if the last slice is defect. Happened to me twice the last 5 years.
On my MacBook I have come to appreciate TimeMachine. I use VirtualBox and openSuSE 11.4 on it as host. Works quite well. Mac OSX 10.6.5 is not as flexable, even with the whole development environment and MacPorts, ok for administering other Linux systems, but my virtual machines are always backed up comfortably by TimeMachine.
I would like to make a TiemMachine like backup on my openSuSE Linux Raid 10 server, in development to a data server, onto a USB-2/eSATA 2TB external disk.
I have seen there are apps like Backupper and Flyback. Anyone using an app that works with the ease of TimeMachine on linux. Any experiences and comments are welcome.
Out of interest (because I have no experience with Mac), could you explain what Time Machine does that is different from a normal backup program - not counting the 3D GUI for restoring backups, which is pretty nice looking but not necessary for functionality My understanding is that Time Machine understands the applications, on some level, and is able to restore an application's data to a certain date (save point, presumably) - but does this really work in general across applications? Doesn't it require support from the applications? Otherwise, how would time machine be able to understand an application's internal data to the point where it can restore it exactly... I'd like to see something Time Machine-ish on linux, but I wonder if it is really possible to write something general, that doesn't require rewriting every application Normal backup programs are plentiful on linux though, so if you just need a backup, they are available Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org