FTp Back up;. Possible?

[Priapus]

Howzit guys.

I have setup a home FTP server for my machines at home. I am now looking for software that will be able to do the following:

1. Connect to my FTP server.
2. Back up certain folders from my main machine
3. Only back up newly addedd files if possible.

I would like it to do all the above without any intervention from myself.

Is there such a software that exsists for this purpose?

Many thanks!

 

[korbk]

Syncback Free and Syncback SE should do what you need...

SyncBack is our freeware program that helps you easily backup and synchronize your files to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc); an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html

 

[bledd]

cobian backup can backup to ftp

 

[dave-lew99]

rsync would do the job, does differential backup so it won't copy all your data, only what's changed.

It's free and there is a gui front end available for using it on windows too.

 

[zetec452]

FTP backup is very slow and insecure. You'll at least want SFTP or FTP with SSL.

 

[Priapus]

Thank for the help guys. Appreciated!

I will look into all the above for the best one.

 

[Priapus]

JonRohan:

I appreciate the reply. However, the FTP can only be accessed via the interneal network. It isn't accessable over the Internet. I'm connecting to it via a LAN cable, I don't think there is anything faster then this for me.

However, having a look into your reply, it would seem that your idea would be better for my work FTP. Would you care to explain a little more, please?

As I'm new to the whole SFTP or SSL FTP idea.

Many thanks.

 

[zetec452]

SSL FTP is basically FTP in urm SSL. . You can use TLS or SSL. TBH I've not played with SFTP on a Windows based system so can’t really advise further.