- Cost money
- Only can backup to local directories (or remote requiring you to mount them first).
- Do transfer backup data in clear text over network.
- Do not support transferring file diffs. So if you have changed your 1GB PG encrypted disk image, it has to be transferred all over again for each backup.
- Require user interaction, which make it impossible to run in a cronjob
I have created a perl script for automating rsync/RsyncX backups, with multiple sources, multiple destinations, different backup sets for daily, nightly and weekly backup, systematic logs to a log folder, and more. I did this first for personal use, but maybe others might find my backup utility script useful. You can read much more about it and download it from my rsyncbackup web page.
Of course it is free to use. Please drop me a comment, with suggestions for new features, etc., if you wish...
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, but "How do I back up?" is among the most popular email inquiries, so I figured it was worth sharing.]

