Many thanks for your answer.
> I believe it will transfer everything for each full backup. I've made some tests, and yes, it does :( >> - With rsync, is there some ressource forks / filename problems for OS >> X / Linux transfers ? > > Probably - but it depends on whether your important data has resource forks > or not. my limited experience is that most data files don't use resource > forks any more. But MOST does not mean ALL. :) > > You may want to try this: > > http://www.quesera.com/reynhout/misc/rsync+hfsmode/ > > I have not tried it with backuppc. I do not know whether it works with > checksum-caching. I compiled rsync 3.0.7 on a machine, but the -E option doesn't seems to work with backuppc. Without this option, when I restore a file, I lose the preview icon and file type descriptions in the OsX file explorer, so it's kinda annoying and I choosed to used tar (with tar, it save two files for each file, and when you restore the two files, it's all ok) >> - If I use tar, and if tar does transfer everything with each full >> backup, is it possible to have only one yearly full backup, and 52 >> weekly incremental backups ? does it sound like a good idea ? > > It is possible. Make sure you understand what each incremental backup backs > up, though. > > Read the "Incremental backup" section of the faq at: > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html > > in short, there are multiple levels, and each level backs up the things > changed since the previous higher-level backup. > > you may want to do something like > yearly full > monthly level 1 > weekly level 2 > monday level 3 > tuesday level 4 > wednesday level 5 > thursday level 3 > friday level 4 > > In practice, I would watch the amount of data sent on incrementals and adjust > the schedule accordingly. > > If you want to get really tricky, search for "towers of hanoi" backup > scheduling. Thanks, I'll check that ! > Your English is 1000x better than my French (guessing from your name that is > what you speak natively). Good guess, and thanks ;) Steph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
