For backing up my BackupPC pool I've found that using xfs on top of lvm to be a great solution.
lvm allows you to make a snapshot of the pool. This is nice if you only have a small window between when your servers stop backing up and your users workstations start. xfs has a great tool called xfs_copy. This tool will automatically "freeze" your filesystem if you're on lvm. (hence it's good to do this on a snapshot) and then copy the fs to another block device. This is better for memory usage than rsync and better than dd as it doesn't have to copy empty parts of the disk. It could be used with a remote device with iSCSI, but since it copies all of the data every time, it's probably not a good idea. If you're just copying to a local disk it works great. -- Tod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ 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/
