On 11/07 02:08 , Christopher Utley wrote:
> > Another option would be to rsync your backuppc directory somewhere else.
> > That has the advantage of lower bandwith (since the OP wanted off-site
> > replication). Just don't forget to use the --hard-links option to preserve
> > all those hard links.

rsync of the backuppc pool will work up to a certain point. eventually you
run into a memory limit, and it simply won't work (crushes the box by using
all the memory and swap). it's also terribly slow. 

dd is far, far faster in my experience; and scales nicely to pools of any
size.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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