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Re: Recommended Linux Backup



On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:00:01AM -0500, lrhorer wrote:
> Alex Samad wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +0000, Paulo A.B. wrote:
> >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor.
> >> 
> >> Try ribs <http://www.rustyparts.com/ribs.php>.
> > 
> > Or have a look at rdiff-backup
> This doesn't sound to me as if it fits the bill, either.  It sounds
> closer than rsync, but I didn't read anything about changing drives or
> maintaining an index.  Rather, it sounds to me as if it merely creates
> directories with diff files on them on a single remote target.  This
> strategy won't work when one's targets are much smaller than the array
> being backed up.  I haven't seen any 20 TB drives for sale, so this
> backup and restore has to span multiple target drives, all but one of
> which are offline at any given time.

your right, I saw the ribs/rsync reference and worked off that

> 
> 

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