Farmol SPA wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup backuppc
> From: Mirco Piccin <[email protected]>
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed Aug 18 2010 14:25:38 GMT+0200 (ora Legale Europa Occidentale)
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Farmol SPA <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi list.
>>
>> I would like to ask which is the simplest yet effective way to dump
>> backuppc stuff (mainly __TOPDIR__) eg to a removable hard disk
>> that will
>> be used in a disaster recovery scenario where the plant were destroyed
>> and I need to restore data from this survivor device. Is a "rsync -aH"
>> enough?
>>
>>
>> you can use the Archive function:
>> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions
>
> Unfortunately the Archive function is too much time consuming for my
> purpose. I will try the raw rsync -aH way, that for sure will take a bit
> the first time but should be much faster next ones. We speak of 150GB
> after all!
The practical limit for rsync or other file-oriented copies has more to do with
the number of hardlinks than the size of the archive.
--
Les Mikesell
[email protected]
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