"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote on 09/02/2011 02:37:31
PM:
> Timothy J Massey wrote at about 10:43:37 -0400 on Friday, September 2,
2011:
>
> > Your old backups should be 100% fine. They will remain in the pool
just
> > fine, etc. I do not believe that files transferred by rsync will
pool
> > with files transferred by tar (due to the attribute issue you
mention);
> > however, for you that's a moot point: 90% of your files don't pool,
> > anyway.
>
> Why do you think they won't pool?
You ignored the part where I said to take what I wrote with a grain of
salt. I was extrapolating from what the questioner said. The point was
that it DOES NOT MATTER in this case.
Having said that, thank you for the details, and for correcting the
record.
> > This is not a *bad* thing. Every single one of my backup serversis
based
> > on BackupPC, and all but maybe 2 shares are backed up using rsync.
(The
> > only exceptions I can think of are where I'm backing up data on aNAS,
and
> > I can't or won't run rsyncd on the NAS so I have to use SMB). Whether
> > it's an advantage or disadvantage, that's the setup I use. I vastly
> > prefer consistency over performance. But I can live with 8 hour
backup
> > windows.
>
> Why not run rsyncd on a NAS? It works fine and is reasonably fast even
> on low end arm-based devices with minimal memory (e.g., 64MB).
Because I do not control the firmware on the NAS devices, rooting the
device and adding random software does not appeal to me, there is (for my
purposes) zero downside to using SMB, and if I wanted to deal with a
random collection of vendor-supplied and custom-added code, I probably
would have not selected a NAS in the first place.
Timothy J. Massey
Out of the Box Solutions, Inc.
Creative IT Solutions Made Simple!
http://www.OutOfTheBoxSolutions.com
tmas...@obscorp.com
22108 Harper Ave.
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
Office: (800)750-4OBS (4627)
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