http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/18605/
[281 votes] Solution #1: Write a GUI for rsnapshot


[164 votes] Solution #2: Wait for TimeVault to go stable


[-21 votes] Solution #4: Use duplicity and create a GUI for it, or use duplicati


[-46 votes] Solution #5: integrate Dropbox


[54 votes] Solution #6: LuckyBackup, a GUI for rsync


[-7 votes] Solution #7: Implement Back In Time by default


[-9 votes] Solution #8: Grsync for (X)ubuntu, LuckyBackup for Kubuntu


[-29 votes] Solution #9: Partner with an existing online backup provider for seamless backups


[36 votes] Solution #10: support btrfs filesystem for native snapshots and data integrity


[5 votes] Solution #11: Support backup PLUG-INs


[-7 votes] Solution #12: partimage for partition images


[-2 votes] Solution #13: Incorporate SimpleBackup


[10 votes] Solution #14: Add Remastersys as extra option for backing up the installed system setup to DVD


]]> en-us Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:47:06 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:05:44 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18605/
Both solutions are good, but both have problems.

TimeValult isn't quite ready yet, as cheesehead noted. I haven't seen any major progress in TimeValult in probably a year. It doesn't seem this project will be going anywhere, at least not any time soon. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

grsync seems like the better solution of the two. I haven't actually used it, but from what I can see it looks mostly stable and usable. Unfortunately, it does not seem to support snapshots. If you were to accidentally delete an important file right before the sync runs, you'd be out of luck.

I would still argue that a GUI for rsnapshot would be the best way to go. It is tried and true, and does provide snapshots of the system (while taking up little more than 1x the size of the target directory to do so). It seems there is a GUI available called FlyBack (http://bernaz.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/flyback-a-time-machine-backup-utility-for-linux/). I haven't tried it, but I would recommend that Canonical look into it.

Please keep the conversation going with any more ideas or resources you have available.

Thanks!]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:05:42 +0000 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:06:49 +0000
I'm new to the modern Linux and have been spending a good bit of time looking for a solution to this issue. This is the first time I've heard of rsnapshot and I'm going to check that out before I vote either way on it; however, I'm not seeing Flyback or Time Vault as a real viable option because of the apparent "deadness" of those projects; yet, Time Vault does look like a really nice solution, if it was maintained.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:51:20 +0000
Also, a lot of people see these online/cloud based services as an invasion of privacy and insecure; they don't want to trust anything personal, private or even critical to services like these. Things can be encrypted prior to using those services, but this adds another step.

There are also going to be times when these services aren't going to be functional and times when people don't want to be connected to the Internet when restoring a backup.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:00:29 +0000 http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/etalage/rssg_backup-(testversie)/]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:53:22 +0000 Hi,
my proposal for dropbox (and I hope other cloud solutions to give user choice) is intented for basic users (80%/90% of home pc users) who needs a simple, cheap and simply secure (=offsite) backup.

for advanced users command line rsync or unison are more than sufficient.

For my work/home needings I use a .sh script with rsync and a little python script written by me (http://md5diff.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/md5diff/trunk/) to compare/diff md5.


bye


PS
i'm going to rewrite extensively this script, adding more functionality (sha1/sha256, quick update of an hash file) and suppor for very large hash files.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:57:26 +0000 I have some basic blog posts about it at http://blog.chatonka.com Additionally, the (prototype) code is up at http://gitorious.org/projects/timevault
I'm interested in feedback and discussion, feel free to post a comment or to email me. I can also be found as astromme on irc.freenode (check the #kde-devel channel)]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:00:43 +0000
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/jaunty-backup
https://launchpad.net/deja-dup
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https://launchpad.net/nssbackup]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:42:03 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:49:47 +0000