Today I finally got a chance to try rsnapshot. It’s a Perl wrapper for rsync and it’s a very simple and easy to use way to take snapshots of your files.
From the rsnapshot page:
rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems.
Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals.
It’s really easy to set up. Go ahead and do it today.
By the way, Mike Rubel’s paper, which was the inspiration for rsnapshot, is a very interesting read.