> > there's no perfect way to make a copy of the pool. the best is > > to do a byte-for-byte copy, either to an identical hard-drive, or > > by using software RAID as a syncing mechanism for your two disks. > > (i.e., run as a "broken" RAID pair most of the time, and only add > > the second half when you want to do your external copy.) this, and > > other tricks, have been extensively covered in the archives. if > > there were a FAQ section in the backuppc documentation (i don't think > > there is), this would be question #1. > > If you are simply copying the pool, why not try "cp -a". It preserves > hardlinks (at least in Linux), and probably doesn't require as much memory > as rsync does. You don't get the smart copy-only-what-has-changed behavior, > but if it's faster, it's faster. Just an idea, and perhaps simpler than > using RAID.
doesn't work. > > I confess I haven't searched the archives to see if anybody has suggested > cp in the past :-) they have. :-) =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 25.5 degrees) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
