backup server space

[Erom]

Hey all-

Just got started and honestly I love it so far - I prefer OSX to windows but hate that nothing's customisable in OSX (and the lack of a taskbar! The dock is not sufficient!) so Ubuntu is looking flipping sweet so far.

Anyway, I've got most of my must-have work programs handled (Eagle, Eclipse, Open Office, AutoCAD through Wine) but I'm hung up on one last killer app - Mozy.

I've got to have a backup solution, folks. I know there are plenty of GUI options for backup programs (and honestly I'm willing to work from the command line if I must) but none of them that I've seen come with server space like Mozy does. I know there is a lot of reservation about using backup servers you don't control around here, but tinfoil hats aside I've used Mozy for a while and trust the company.

Is there any way to swing this through Wine or something, or a recommendation for another provider?

Thanks,
Erom

[binbash]

http://www.getdropbox.com/

works very well at ubuntu

PS : I don't know if you are looking for this since i never heard Mozy.

[7mkgw7q]

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I did find the page below.

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/007641.html

Let me know if that is in the ballpark of what you wanted.

[Erom]

Sort of, but those all use Amazon S3, which is pretty pricy compared to Mozy (which cost a whopping 0 for the 2 gig version).

It's not really the backup program that I need - it's the free, secure server space.

If I have too, I can pipe everything from my ubuntu machine to one of my windows/mac boxes but... that seems like failure, doesn't it? Plus it would be a hassle when I'm away from my home network.

[cwill747]

you can use a program like TimeVault to backup your files, and RSync to upload these to a mobile server. More information at:
http://www.linux.com/feature/150600

[Erom]

Those are both good answers to the how question, but what I'm really asking is where.

E: Dropbox seems like a not-half-bad solution, if a little weaker security wise. Thanks binbash.

Anyone else got any other thoughts.

[jwooton]

Here is a simple service i've started experimenting with. Pretty plain and simple...nothing fancy. I only have about 9 people using it so far. If you want to give it a try, just email me at the address on the site. It's cheap and offers the protocols you're looking for.

http://www.datastorageunit.com

[MrWES]

Hey all-

Just got started and honestly I love it so far - I prefer OSX to windows but hate that nothing's customisable in OSX (and the lack of a taskbar! The dock is not sufficient!) so Ubuntu is looking flipping sweet so far.

Anyway, I've got most of my must-have work programs handled (Eagle, Eclipse, Open Office, AutoCAD through Wine) but I'm hung up on one last killer app - Mozy.

I've got to have a backup solution, folks. I know there are plenty of GUI options for backup programs (and honestly I'm willing to work from the command line if I must) but none of them that I've seen come with server space like Mozy does. I know there is a lot of reservation about using backup servers you don't control around here, but tinfoil hats aside I've used Mozy for a while and trust the company.

Is there any way to swing this through Wine or something, or a recommendation for another provider?

Thanks,
Erom

If you're willing to use command line, rsync via a crontab entry is the way to go.

# Weekly backup of Documents on external drive to /data/backup
30 3 * * 0 rsync -av --delete --progress /media/external/Documents /data/backup


That's my crontab for my server backup using rsync. It runs every Sunday at 3:30am. You can read up on it here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync

Can't get much easier.

Bill