On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 22:28, Les Mikesell wrote: > > I think the short > > answer to my question is "no": I can pick a standards-based archive > > format or I can pick a convenient and well-supported one. That's OK. > I know it's bad form to reply to myself, but I just realized I forgot to plug my favorite backup system here: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ This stores backups on disk using a clever compression and linking scheme to greatly increase the number of backups it can hold and it provides a nice web interface to browse the backups. You can restore to the original location or download single files or zip or tar archives through the browser. Keep this thing running and you don't have to worry about the storage format because you can grab any file over the network. It can also dump archive copies to tape or CD's but the real point is always having a week or more history of live snapshots available instantly with no manual intervention once you set it up. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
