Comments on: Disk-based network backups with BackupPC http://itinfusion.ca/2007/01/18/backuppc-overview/ Open Source & Small Business IT Consulting Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Casey Woods http://itinfusion.ca/2007/01/18/backuppc-overview/#comment-13 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:26:59 +0000 http://www.itinfusion.ca/open-source-solutions/backup-your-entire-network-to-disk-using-backuppc#comment-13 Freenas is basically a FreeBSD distribution that you attach disks to and then access on SMB, FTP, etc. It doesn’t really have any brains as far as I can tell. Its a great way to add storage to your network, but it isn’t going to do thinks like incremental backups. That is up to you.

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://itinfusion.ca/2007/01/18/backuppc-overview/#comment-12 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:11:37 +0000 http://www.itinfusion.ca/open-source-solutions/backup-your-entire-network-to-disk-using-backuppc#comment-12 Casey,

Had you had a chance to compare the BackupPC software against FreeNAS (www.freenas.org)

]]> By: Casey Woods http://itinfusion.ca/2007/01/18/backuppc-overview/#comment-11 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:37:20 +0000 http://www.itinfusion.ca/open-source-solutions/backup-your-entire-network-to-disk-using-backuppc#comment-11 Sure! I see no reason why it wouldn’t work in a VM. Just make sure you’ve got lots of disk space.

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://itinfusion.ca/2007/01/18/backuppc-overview/#comment-10 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:25:56 +0000 http://www.itinfusion.ca/open-source-solutions/backup-your-entire-network-to-disk-using-backuppc#comment-10 I am just wondering if it is possible to run this in a virtual machine, like Virtual PC 2007 or perhaps VMware?

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