[Discuss] On-site backups revisited - rsnapshot vs. CrashPlan

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On 02/20/2013 04:46 PM, Matt Shields wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
>
>> I wrote last month a query about CrashPlan free peer-to-peer software from
>> Code42.  I failed to get satisfaction from the vendor, even though the CEO
>> of
>> Code42 made a response, you can view the thread at
>>
>> https://crashplan.zendesk.com/entries/64160-How-do-I-request-a-full-integrity-check
>> ; he didn't follow up any further though.
>>
>> I am developing an alternative strategy based on suggestions from BLU.
>>  Here's
>> what I posted at the CrashPlan forum about that:
>>
>> ...
> How about OwnCloud? http://owncloud.org/features/  Setup your own Dropbox
> service with no dependencies on anyone else.
>

I use both OwnCloud and CrashPlan[1].  One is file syncing and the other
is a backup strategy, which may have a similar smell but a very
different taste.  I expect if you tried pointing OwnCloud at / to back
up your system it would not be pretty.


[1] It's working pretty well for me, except some aspects of the UI don't
make sense to me.  I can't find out how to do simple things like "I know
you're backing up periodically, but I want to back up now".  My current
problem, which is all my fault, is that I chose to back up to an
external USB hard drive, which tend to disconnect from the machine when
connected for several days straight.  I have a SATA hard drive I hope to
slap in the machine and back up to this weekend.