Dear David, Anthony, Thanks to both of you. I'll try to use some of your suggestions.
Ruda On 11 December 2014 at 21:04, Anthony Sorace <a...@9srv.net> wrote: >> Does anybody rely on a backup scheme using, say, >> vbackup+venti on linux? Does it work well, or would >> you recomment other means of doing a backup? > > Not precisely what you're asking, but likely close enough experience to be > useful: > > When last I was responsible for a bunch of unix boxes, I was using venti for > backup. I started off using vbackup, but switched to something vac-based > pretty quickly. I realized there was a ton of data on there that I didn't > feel the need to keep backed up (the OS itself, but more significantly nearly > a TB of transcoded video (we kept the source backed up)). Also, I don't think > I could get at the vbackup images from Plan 9; the vac ones work fine, with > some oddities based on file system differences. These were OS X systems, but > I was just using stock p9p stuff; it should run fine on linux. I was sending > to a remote venti running on Plan 9. > > Using vac instead of vbackup increases your recovery time (you have to > reinstall the OS & tools, and in my case we'd have to re-transcode the > video), but we had a warm spare and RAID to guard agains simple disk > failures; this was mostly for genuine disaster recovery (although being able > to mount and cd around my backup history from my Plan 9 workstation was a > huge benefit). > > I also ran something similar on my laptop. I've stopped using that regularly > in favor of Time Machine, but still use it as an occasional one-off for > disaster recovery (although it's not off-site). > >> I guess there are also people using fossil+venti on >> p9. Are those happy? > > Yes, quite. Ever since someone (Richard Miller, I think) tracked down that > persistent snapshot hang bug, it's been great. Most of the complaining about > fossil's stability comes from outdated info. The fossil+venti combo isn't the > fastest option (Erik's kenfs kicks ass there), but the tradeoffs work well > for my needs. > >> I am looking for a sustainable means of backup, >> mainly on linux, and am avaluating different options >> (rdiff-backup, rsnapshot, dump/restore, rdup...) > > I would use this system again if I had unix servers I cared about. For my > MacBook, Time Machine gets the edge mostly because it's automatic. > > This is not quite the latest version, but you can take a look at > /n/sources/contrib/anothy/bin/rc/vacbak. You can also take a look at > .../anothy/lib/tet.(cron files xfiles) for examples of config files I used on > a system called tet. > > You're reminding me I've been meaning to come up with an off-site backup plan > for my system, which I haven't had in a few years... > >
