Hello!
I tried Deja Dup before I found Redo, and I had issues with getting it to work properly. YMMV.
In any case, you may want to 'test' what you're going to use to back up with on something that isn't critical first. That way, you'll get an idea as to whether or not it's REALLY going to work as it should.
If you're going to use CDs or DVDs, you'll need a backup solution that supports backups spanning multiple CDs or DVDs. If you use a USB stick for the backup, of course it'll have to be big enough to hold the backup (and incremental backups, if applicable). Neither of these are really practical for unattended scheduled backups.
As for Redo Backup, the CD boots right into the backup program. You click on the create backup or the restore backup icon, click to select/deselect the partitions to be backed up (the default is all of them, or the whole drive), and, lastly, select the destination drive (plus the path and filename, if applicable).
After that, it does the rest. If there's a simpler way to back a drive up than that, then tell me and I'll consider switching, as I like the easiest thing going, also.
Depending on how big the drive is, how full the drive is, and what OSs are on the drive to be backed up, Redo backups can take anywhere from 20 minutes to over 4 hours to create, but restorals are considerably faster - sometimes in as little as ten minutes for a freshly installed Linux-only system.
With that said, I hope you find a backup and restoral solution that is to your liking...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
I tried Deja Dup before I found Redo, and I had issues with getting it to work properly. YMMV.
In any case, you may want to 'test' what you're going to use to back up with on something that isn't critical first. That way, you'll get an idea as to whether or not it's REALLY going to work as it should.
If you're going to use CDs or DVDs, you'll need a backup solution that supports backups spanning multiple CDs or DVDs. If you use a USB stick for the backup, of course it'll have to be big enough to hold the backup (and incremental backups, if applicable). Neither of these are really practical for unattended scheduled backups.
As for Redo Backup, the CD boots right into the backup program. You click on the create backup or the restore backup icon, click to select/deselect the partitions to be backed up (the default is all of them, or the whole drive), and, lastly, select the destination drive (plus the path and filename, if applicable).
After that, it does the rest. If there's a simpler way to back a drive up than that, then tell me and I'll consider switching, as I like the easiest thing going, also.
Depending on how big the drive is, how full the drive is, and what OSs are on the drive to be backed up, Redo backups can take anywhere from 20 minutes to over 4 hours to create, but restorals are considerably faster - sometimes in as little as ten minutes for a freshly installed Linux-only system.
With that said, I hope you find a backup and restoral solution that is to your liking...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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