[CentOS] [OT] Building a new backup server

Wed Nov 6 12:43:37 UTC 2013
Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Les Mikesell
> Sent: den 5 november 2013 16:47
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] Building a new backup server
>
> If you have some time to experiment, look on the backuppc development
> list for the new alpha version.  It is very different and does not
> need the hardlinks for pooling.  I haven't tried it myself yet, but
> would (cautiously...) if I needed to set up a new system.   It may
> eliminate the single-filesystem requirement and will definitely make
> it more feasible to rsync the whole archive to maintain an offsite
> copy.  I think it may also chunk up large files so unchanged blocks
> can be pooled even where the file has some changes.

While the server isn't in production yet, I've nothing but.

I'll do that, thanks for the heads-up!

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//Sorin