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From: Chris on 3 Apr 2008 04:10
myemail.an(a)googlemail.com wrote:
>> Xdrive specifically supports Linux, but others may do too indirectly as
>> long as you can access your data without using their fancy GUI clients.
>>
>> I have looked at these in the past, but found the download limitations
>> to be quite limiting e.g. 1Gb/month
>
> Hoe exactly does Xdrive work in Linu? Their website mentions Linux
> support but no further detail.

http://www.xdrive.com/support/sys_req/

> Is there a Linux app running in the background? Or are users supposed
> to upload all the data manually via a web browser or ftp?

All these services only provide their client software for Windows (or
sometimes OS X) and a more basic service via a browser (i.e. for Linux).
This is rubbish really as all they really need to supply is an sftp
account or rsync server.

> Specifically, I'd like a solution which automatically recognizes which
> file have changed.

For incremental back-ups the best tool in Linux is rsync. However, for
off-site back-up using rsync you'll more than likely need to get your
own hosting account somewhere.
From: Chris on 3 Apr 2008 04:18
Whiskers wrote:
> But I'd think twice (at least) about entrusting any of 'my stuff' to a
> commercial enterprise or to any stranger. A portable external drive for
> my own system or network is a much less disturbing prospect, I think.
>

That's true and something I was concerned about too when look at this
previously. However, as an additional back-up to my normal back-up
regime I thought these were useful. My space requirements are more than
the 'free' options offer and I didn't feel it was worthwhile paying for
the back-up twice: additional bandwidth costs on my broadband + the cost
of the storage.
From: tinnews on 3 Apr 2008 04:59
Chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Whiskers wrote:
> > But I'd think twice (at least) about entrusting any of 'my stuff' to a
> > commercial enterprise or to any stranger. A portable external drive for
> > my own system or network is a much less disturbing prospect, I think.
> >
>
> That's true and something I was concerned about too when look at this
> previously. However, as an additional back-up to my normal back-up
> regime I thought these were useful. My space requirements are more than
> the 'free' options offer and I didn't feel it was worthwhile paying for
> the back-up twice: additional bandwidth costs on my broadband + the cost
> of the storage.

Consider a hosting provider that has ssh login, you can then 'roll
your own' backup using rsync or rdiff-backup. Many ssh providers have
quite generous disk space allowances. My gradwell account allows up
to 3Gb in the basic account, people like csoft offer quite a lot of
space too.

--
Chris Green
From: Arthur Clune on 3 Apr 2008 05:29
Chris wrote:
>
> For incremental back-ups the best tool in Linux is rsync. However, for
> off-site back-up using rsync you'll more than likely need to get your
> own hosting account somewhere.

Or use amazon s3 and a rsync over s3 tool

http://code.google.com/p/s3tools/

There are others out there. I use a modified version of s3ftp
from the link above

https://www.clune.org/repo/s3tools/

This may also be useful reading:

http://blog.eberly.org/2006/10/09/how-automate-your-backup-to-amazon-s3-using-s3sync/

Arthur

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of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

From: Gordon Henderson on 3 Apr 2008 05:56
In article <7564277e-9825-4f48-87e0-798b60ee89f9(a)m71g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
myemail.an(a)googlemail.com <myemail.an(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>do you know of any online backup service that would work with Linux?
>An equivalent of Windows' Mozy, for instance.

(disclaimer) a friend of mine runs this service:
http://www.safesnaps.com/

they have a x86 linux client, but it's command-line only right now,
and although it was aimed at photo media, I understand it will backup
anything you tell it to. (I don't use it, having my own backup systems)

Gordon
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