Are Rolling Backup Files Possible?
I do not use /var for my backups. Instead I have moved them OFF disk to a 2TB HDD that has but one function: to store my backups. But even a 2TB HDD can fill up relatively fast even with weekly backups. Is there any way to set it up so that after X number of backups the OLDEST backup would simply fall off, and be replaced by the NEWEST backup. A small thing -- worst comes to worse once a month or there about I simply delete the oldest backups this freeing up space for newer backups. Still it would be a major improvement if you could **automate **the process, or choose to do it manually.
General Comment: I am very impressed with Backupninja. Not overly complex, fairly easy to use, highly flexible, scalable. I have a very small network I need to backup. While it is all backed up, it happens maybe once or twice a year MANUALLY using the dd and tar commands across a network. This is NOT an optimal way to back up the machine. Starting tomorrow night 80% of the machine will now be AUTOMATICALLY be backed up WEEKLY. For the time being only my Workstation will be backed up, until we can figure out how to back up the entire network. I have been looking for a program like Backupninja for a long time. Thank you to all of you who developed this program. I only see this backup untility become ever more popular over time.