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Re: Backing up Windows using rsync



According to Rodney Richison,
> 
> 
> Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> >
> >> I was planing to use rsync with SSH on Windows and the Linux server
> >> and schedule the script to copy the files/folders to a Debian based
> >> Linux server in the following folder structure:
> >>
> >> /backup/Monday/server
> >> /backup/Monday/ws01
> >> /backup/Monday/ws02
> >> /backup/Monday/ws03
> >> .
> >> .
> >> /backup/Tuesday/server
> >> /backup/Tuesday/ws01
> >> /backup/Tuesday/ws02
> >> /backup/Tuesday/ws03
> >> .
> >> .
> >>
> >> This would mean I'd need the Debian server storage capacity would
> >> need to be at least 200 GB x 7 = 1.4 TB.
> >>
> >> Question: Is there a better way to do what I'm doing? And is there
> >> already a piece of software that exists on the NET that does what I'm
> >> doing better and I should trying to re-invent the wheel? :-)
> >
> >
> rsnapshot should do it.

That looks like an outstanding new app.  It appears to 
implement the technique I use (which I got from Linux 
Journal I think), which is to make mirror-tree of hardlinks
before running an 'rsync --delete' .  That lets you save
space by storing each unchanged file only once.




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