What I would like to see in a backup program: o Simple configuration. o Simple operation -- insert bulk media and bootable media (floppy or CD to burn), and run the backup program with one parameter (the configuration name). Good logging, but ending with a clear "yes, this backup worked without any problems", or "no, you aren't safe yet". o Simple disaster recovery -- insert the bulk media and bootable media pair, turn on power, answer "yes" to "Is this a disaster recovery?" prompt, identify media, and everything gets restored. o Simple file restore -- to original location or parallel file tree. o Catalogs on tape and optionally on disk. The ability to copy take catalogs to disk. o Support for multiple operating systems/boots/file system types in one backup set. B.J. At 22:44 19-06-2001 -0400, you wrote:
Hi all, I have noticed the lack of sufficient backup programs for linux. A friend an i have decided to write our own. We have come up with a good list of goals we want to hit. Before we started seriously working on the design, i wanted to ask the group of features they would like to see in a backup systems.
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