[plug] backups

[W.Kenworthy]

rsync is great for partial backups, but fails on large whole disks with
may thousands of files.  This is what I use for the partial backups I
do.  Unison is also good (uses the rsync protocol), but also doesnt do
large disks well.  Also, they dont have a compressed target.

BillK



 12:16 +0800, meyerri wrote:
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: billk at iinet.net.au
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: RE: [plug] backups
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:36:27 +0800
> 
> >Whats a good way to do a whole disk backup ready for a partial
> >restore
> >(hunt and pick).  My thoughts are to scp / down a pipe into a tar.bz2
> >on
> >a server with room.  Or alternatively, dd it into a compressed loop
> >mounted file (how to create such a beast?).  This might be more
> >convenient.
> >
> >My laptop is dying looks like being replaced, and rather than the
> >config/work area backups I am running with on a day to day basis, I
> >am
> >looking to do a full one 'just in case' I have missed something
> >important.
> 
> I use rsync for my daily backups from one server to another - using
> ssh as the protocol. The nice thing about rsync is that if you have
> some data already downloaded, it won't download it again - but that's
> not necessarily so in your case.
> >
> >BillK
> >
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