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The best backup is one that happens automatically at least once per day. In the Linux world, some purists might suggest you simply write a shell script and set it up to run under cron.
Either here or on UbuntuForums there was a thread on "sbackup". I installed it but have not yet tried it.
The REAL trick is get something that does incremental backups--ie it only copies files that have changed. I have not seen a free Linux app that does this.
The commercial product most often mentioned is Arkeia.
I fail to see how any of the suggestions should have the
slightest resemblance to Ghost ... OK, so what he's after
is a way to create an HDD image and NOT a backup solution :}
But still
The REAL trick is get something that does incremental backups--ie it only copies files that have changed. I have not seen a free Linux app that does this.
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