a backup software recommendation

[Davno]

Hi, I need a script or a backup software that would act like raid 0 and would back up my files (on demand or at specific time and automaticaly) from one ide drive to another ide drive wich is always mounted. Wich one would be the simpliest to use to back up those music files since i constantly delete/change/edit/modify and add files. Thxs

[dannybunkins]

you could use a combination of rsync and cron jobs.

it wouldn't be instantaneous but you could cron it to check for changes however many times a day that you want it to be up to date.

[softseacom]

try ... maybe...
www . linux-backup . net

[JuiceWVU202]

First of all, raid 0 is a striping and provides no redundancy.
Second of all raid is _not_ a backup solution. While raid can protect your data against a hardware failure, it will not protect against accidental deletion of data or any sort of file system corruption.
If you would like your data to be constantly mirrored between the two ide drives i would recommend looking into linux software raid.
If you are looking to "backup" your data and copy it from one drive to another then I would suggest using rsync.

[Davno]

you could use a combination of rsync and cron jobs.

it wouldn't be instantaneous but you could cron it to check for changes however many times a day that you want it to be up to date.

I did some reading and tested rsync and its exactly what i want. I love the configuration possibility also. I wrote a few line for different backup jobs. And it work nice, now ill have to read some more to find out how to write a script to automatise this. Or maybe using cron. Thxs.

[Parcival]

And it work nice, now ill have to read some more to find out how to write a script to automatise this.

I use a very simple script:

#!/bin/bash
#mount the backup drive#
mount /media/hdd1/
#now syncing#
rsync -Cavz --delete /home/ /media/hdd1/
#unmounting the drive again#
umount /media/hdd1/

It gets executed by a cron job once a day with root priviledges while I am busy eating lunch. ;) Therefore I can maximally loose 24h worth of data.

[Davno]

Actually Its 2 first for me today. First time i use rsync and first script i make. :)

#!/bin/bash
# Backup mp3 classique Tagged and Tested

rsync -t -r -h --progress --partial-dir=DIR --stats /mnt/hdb6_data1/mp3_1/Classique/Tagged/ /mnt/hda5_backup/Mp3Backup/Classique/Tagged

Its a temporary backup directory because i am editing those files constantly and will eventually (burned) the result.

[chen2]

It sounds great. I will try.