On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 10:54, Tim Holmes wrote: > Charles -- I am more than willing to try anything at this point, > however, I am new to linux, and so I will need a little guidance getting > through the process that you described (having cron tarbal the files and > move them) -- it sounds like a valid plan, I am just gonna need some > help getting it done. > > As far as Amanda -- I have seen it when doing installs, but I know > nothing about it, is it a backup server or a remote client, any other > info would be appreciated Amanda generally wants to write directly to a tape drive on the machine running the server. If you are interested in an on-line disk based solution, look at backuppc: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx