I didn't know Rsync would handle open files - now that's interesting. THankyou -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Alex Harford Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:10 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] Alternative PC Backup Strategy On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:30 AM, gavin-egan.com wrote: > > What I thought was that I could partition these HDD's so there is a > 10-20gb hidden partition. > Then use a script/software where one machine would back up its data to > anothers hidden partition. > Lastly on a weekend - (when the network is not being used ) I can then > Setup a cron/batch to move all the data back to a centralised storage > Chris, I used to use Bacula to backup my wife's XP computer, my Linux desktop, and my MythTV box, but found it complicated. I switched over to use plain rsync. There are Windows clients (and servers, although not as many features) as well as Unix. Rsync will handle open files. http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-February/017215.html You might also be interested in rdiff-backup. http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/index.html Alex -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist