On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:59:04 -0500
"Andy Schmid" <andyschmid at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have looked around a bit, but most software suites seem way too
> large and complex for what I need (e.x. Amanda).  Does anyone know
> of a simpler solution to use for routine backups?

I personally like Snapback2, which basically uses rsync but uses hard
links to make nice hourly, daily, weekly (etc) backup dirs but the
hard links help save you from eating disc unnecessarily.  

http://www.perusion.com/misc/Snapback2/

It's not under heavy development, but it just works and has a pretty
easy configuration.

This is also a good read:

http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

Josh