Offset AND incremental backup

Posted by Pyrolistical on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Pyrolistical
Published on 2009-09-25T21:48:05Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 5:55 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 235

I already do backups from my main computer to my server computer using synctoy.

But now I also want to do off-site backup.

My idea so far:

  • have source hard drive (we'll call S) at home
  • have backup hard drive at work called B
  • have transport hard drive called T
  • connect T at work and record index of files on B
  • take T home and check index of S and note new/changed/deleted files and copy changed files to T
  • take T to work and update S
  • repeat

Its basically a sneakernet and using all of the advantages of it. High bandwidth, low latency.

Is there some software to do this, or do I have to write it myself?

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about backup

Related posts about software-rec