Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Long story short... I have a Synology NAS and need to create an offsite copy as simple and easily as possible. I would like to do this every Friday while I am in my office. I've tried using Synology's ...

In my own organization, I take a multi-tier approach to data protection. Like so many other organizations, I use a continuous data protection solution as my primary backup. However, I like to hedge my ...

If you need to create an rsync backup over ssh, Jack Wallen walks you through the quick and easy process. Linux has all the tools you need to create a simple, automated network backup. Even better, it ...

I'm using a BASH script to backup some user home directories to another machine. I'd like to keep 5 days worth of backups, and have the script automatically delete anything older than that (I do it by ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

Your old Mac may be too slow and creaky for rendering lush 3-D graphics or blasting through the latest shoot-’em-up, but before you put your middle-aged Mac out to pasture, consider using it as a ...