Open Source Solutions for Small Business Problems

Carla Schroder covers a great network backup utility in her current series. Here’s where the rubber meets the road:

Do Automated Cross-Platform Network Backups The Easy Way (Part 2)

… we’ve done a few rescues at Freelock Computing lately. I just stumbled across a nice article with some in-depth troubleshooting tips over at Linux Magazine.

Found a great little how-to for using Rsync to create multiple snapshot backups, with full explanations: Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Rsync.

Articles

• MTBF FAQ
• “Flawed Routers Flood University of Wisconsin Internet Time Server” by Dave Plonka

Software

• Mondo Rescue, complete open source disaster recovery system
• Amanda, open source network backup system
• cpio, open source archiving tool
• afio, open source archiving tool
• Yacdbak, open source backup to CD
• Cdbkup, open source backup to CD
• Drak Backup, built-in backup software in Mandrake Linux