I am developing a backup software for my own needs, because all
available solutions are not enough or not open-source.

If you would create your own backup software: what features do you want
for it? Give me some inspiration!

The current status is alpha and the first release under an open-source
licence will happen maybe in the second half of 2007 because I have to
do my exame beside.

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Disk to Disk backup
Create a sub-inerface for non-IT personal, with no many options for
office clerks 
Kind of agents for back up SQL and Exchange
Try check use open-source file structure, just in case your application
refuse to work, others can be used to restore.

Dunno what else....

On Dec 6, 11:16 am, Christian Buhtz <y...@gmx.net> wrote:
> I am developing a backup software for my own needs, because all
> available solutions are not enough or not open-source.
>
> If you would create your own backup software: what features do you want
> for it? Give me some inspiration!
>
> The current status is alpha and the first release under an open-source
> licence will happen maybe in the second half of 2007 because I have to
> do my exame beside.

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On 10 Dec 2006 07:31:51 -0800, pa.rpereira@gmail.com wrote:
> Create a sub-inerface for non-IT personal, with no many options for
> office clerks 

Very interesting. Can you describe it more detail please?

> Kind of agents for back up SQL and Exchange

Yes, very needfull.

> Try check use open-source file structure, just in case your application
> refuse to work, others can be used to restore.

You mean the backup-project-files or the backuped data?

The software create every file you want. You can just copy/move
files/dirs without packing them. You can create archives (tar, zip,
gzip, 7zip, ...) if you want.

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No offense, but you're saying that your project will be meeting needs
that Amanda, BackupPC, Bacula, rdiff-backup, and rsnapshot aren't?
Those are all open-source backup projects that could really use some
development support.

If you're a good programmer, I'd rather you join one of their teams and
help them make their products better, rather than starting yet another
open source backup product.

Just a thought.

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W. Curtis Preston
Author of O'Reilly's Backup & Recovery and Using SANs and NAS
VP Data Protection
GlassHouse Technologies


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Subject: [A.B.S.] wishlist for MyBackup

I am developing a backup software for my own needs, because all
available solutions are not enough or not open-source.

If you would create your own backup software: what features do you want
for it? Give me some inspiration!

The current status is alpha and the first release under an open-source
licence will happen maybe in the second half of 2007 because I have to
do my exame beside.
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:39:20 -0500, Curtis Preston wrote:
> Amanda, BackupPC, Bacula, rdiff-backup, and rsnapshot aren't?

Thanks for the list

- Amanda
Unix only; something for tape-backups, right? This it not want I need.

- BackupPC
server based, too

- Bacula
is on my test-list 

- rdiff-backup
not my way

- rsnapshot
unix only; it just make snapshots; not my way

You see my wishes on a backup software are very special.

> Those are all open-source backup projects that could really use some
> development support.

I will check bacula.

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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:28:42 +0100, Christian Buhtz wrote:
> I will check bacula.

Oh my god. It is overhead!
So many programs/services, etc

No is to complex in the wrong way for my needs.

I need my own backup software! I search for it since a lot of years.
Now it is the time to build my own one. It would be quite different to
all other available programs - not even better!

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When you say "Unix only," you mean the server only runs on Linux, right?
If that's the case, then your "Unix only" comments are correct.  If not,
then you need updated information. =20

If you do mean it that way, Bacula has a Windows server now.

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W. Curtis Preston
Author of O'Reilly's Backup & Recovery and Using SANs and NAS
VP Data Protection
GlassHouse Technologies


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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:29 AM
To: alt.backup-software@backupcentral.com
Subject: Re: [A.B.S.] wishlist for MyBackup

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:39:20 -0500, Curtis Preston wrote:
> Amanda, BackupPC, Bacula, rdiff-backup, and rsnapshot aren't?

Thanks for the list

- Amanda
Unix only; something for tape-backups, right? This it not want I need.

- BackupPC
server based, too

- Bacula
is on my test-list 

- rdiff-backup
not my way

- rsnapshot
unix only; it just make snapshots; not my way

You see my wishes on a backup software are very special.

> Those are all open-source backup projects that could really use some
> development support.

I will check bacula.
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