Re: Storage server

[Veljko <veljko3@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 02:07:47PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 06:49:45PM +0200, Veljko wrote:
> >   a) backup (backup server for several dedicated (mainly) web servers).
> >   It will contain incremental backups, so only first running will take a
> >   lot of time, rsnapshot
> 
> Best avoid rsnapshot. Use (at least) rdiff-backup instead, which is nearly
> a drop-in replacement (but scales); or consider something like bup or obnam
> instead.

Any particular reason for avoiding rsnapshot? What are advantages of
using rdiff-backup or obnam?


Regards,
Veljko