[plug] backups

[Stuart Midgley]

I completely disagree.

I use rsync to backup over a TB of data on a daily basis (with 10's  
of GB of changed files per day).  It has many great features that  
when used correctly make it one of the best backup solutions around.

Some of the features I use:
	incremental backups
	exclude certain types of files
	compress over the wire
	ssh for security
	can have multiple streams in action at once
	transfere whole or partial files
	restartable
	
and the list goes on.  Once you start using it correctly, it is  
extremely flexible, fast and works really really well.

If you need assistance, or want to see our backup scripts, I'm more  
than happy to help or post info.

Stu.



On 21/04/2006, at 12:20, W.Kenworthy wrote:

> 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

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