Some guy tested a bunch of Mac backup tools to see how they did with metadata and found Mac Backup Software Harmful. He wrote a nice summary of The State of Backup and Cloning Tools under Mac OS X which explains the various issues the tools face.
Only one tool, SuperDuper got the highest rating meaning it had "no perceivable problems with metadata preservation". It's not free, but is under $30. I use the free Silverkeeper which got the 2nd highest rating because it handled most things except "BSD flags, HFS+ extended attributes, and ACLs" which I don't use anyway. I expect he'll do a followup in a little bit and I'm curious to see what he finds.
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have a look at www.click2backup.com for an online backup solution. With windows and Mac OSX clients. Uses Attix5 technology which is used in the Corporate sector and is now moving into the SOHO and home user markets.
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