Backup/Copy/Mirroring Software

[Epyon]

Hello Everybody ,

I've order a Pi, hoping to get it in a few weeks, I want to use it as my mover and shifter of data, so copying files from one location to another and ensuring they are mirrored. I want scheduling, etc.

So any ideas on a software that does this? Essentially it is a backup management software.

 

[Epyon]

Sorry, I am quite new to this. What's rsync?

 

[Epyon]

Ah okay, if I installed one of the applciations that utilised rsync what would you suggest?

 

[Epyon]

Apologies for the lack of information. This what basically what I need/want.

I have the Pi now and it is on my network, the purpose of the device is to be a file server, it will have an external USB drive connected which will sync every few hours my pictures, etc to it (personal data). This drive will not not accessible on the network.

Now the source of these files is my old laptop which has 2 external drives connected and acts as a download server. It stores the files and allows other users to connect with certain rights and do whatever.

Now what is need is for the Pi to do 2 things. One is to sync selected folders from one of the external drives on my laptop to the USB attached drive of the Pi. The other is to mirror 2 folders on the 2 external drives so that if one drive fails I still have a backup on the other however the drives remain separate.

Any ideas? If I'm over complicating this please say.

Also, anyone know how I can get a vnc gui on the PI like on Ubuntu, I can't seem to find a gui vnc server.