On Saturday 31 July 2010 18:03:25 Shamit Verma wrote:
Regarding data policies (which wasn't my point), most users are lazy (including me). But with linux you are not burdened due to this. There are ample automated backup solutions, with the simplest being a cron and cp.
And how is that different from schtasks and copy?
As a user you get that (and plenty more) at zero cost. As a provider I get that (and plenty more) at zero cost. So I earn more after charging less.
All modern OS have adequate tools for off-site backups (E.g. Volume Shadow Copy + DFS).
Volume Shadow Copy does a disk copy, which means it is susceptible to a FS change and only limited compatability exists between ntfs versions AND between os versions. Also incremental restore is available only in the high priced versions of the os. DFS too afaik is available only in the "enterprise" edition, which is an acronym for per cpu / per user loot.
And with Cygwin, almost all GNU tools run on windows platform as well.
An already overburdened OS now requires yet another layer of somebody else's stuff. Better option: chuck the crap and use GNU tools natively.
I use Veritas Netbackup and most backup vendors have tools for Unix/Windows/Mac OSX.
How much does it cost?.