Re^3: OT: Backup Software Recommendations?

If you're backing up files that are in use, you'll want backup software that knows how to work with the application that's using it. Fer instance, lots of server-side applications keep stuff open all the time so server-capable backup software can communicate to the running processes to negotiate a safe backup.

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Re^4: OT: Backup Software Recommendations? by telcontar (Beadle) on Feb 01, 2007 at 22:41 UTC
If you're on windows, you should check out "Volume Shadow Copy Service": They allow the creation of consistent backups of a volume, ensuring that the contents cannot change while the backup is being made, avoiding problems with file locking; because the backup software is using a read-only copy of the volume, it is able to access every file without interfering with other programs writing to those same files. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Previous_Versions Note that this is used in MS's own backup utility, which many consider crap, but some people tell me the command-line version is actually good for something. Just thought I'd offer this bit of information, which many people don't seem to know. Other than that I was also going to suggest Bacula, like another poster farther down already has. Johannes	[reply]

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Re^4: OT: Backup Software Recommendations?
by telcontar (Beadle) on Feb 01, 2007 at 22:41 UTC

They allow the creation of consistent backups of a volume, ensuring that the contents cannot change while the backup is being made, avoiding problems with file locking; because the backup software is using a read-only copy of the volume, it is able to access every file without interfering with other programs writing to those same files.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Previous_Versions

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