I would like to set up an older desktop system for backing up five home systems over the internal LAN. This would probably be a scheduled weekly job involving both Linux and Windows boxes. What hardware other than the computer, LAN card, and LARGE (2+ TB-wife has LOTS of photos) disk would be needed? I'm thinking that rsync would be the best for this use but would entertain other methods. I have a bash file that I got from someone on the OS forum several years ago but looks fairly simple to modify. My main question regards backing up from the two Windows boxes. Would that need Samba or some other software? The backup box has: Asus M5A?? AMD socket 3 CPU 4 GB RAM 2+ TB hard disk old PCIe video card (Nvidia ?) for setup only Thanks, Tom -- "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.10-17-default, KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19) 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD FF 27.0, claws-mail 3.10.0 registered linux user 263467 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org