On 10/27/2016 10:16 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > The BackupPC project has a single developer who tends to be rather busy > most of the time, so development happens in bursts with months or years > between releases. That's a lot of work for one person! I for one am grateful for the software, though I don't think there's any way I can meaningfully contribute to help (I'm not a programmer). > I have not used version 4 myself, but as I understand it, the main > difference is the use of hard links in the pool. Version 3 uses hard > links in the backup pool. Every file has a minimum of 2 hard links and > frequently more. This makes it very difficult to copy or move the pool > using rsync or other normal methods. The only good way to move a large > BPC v3 pool directory is to do a block copy of the filesystem. I can attest to this. I've been trying to move my pool to a new machine for, quite literally, six weeks. Nothing seems to work reliably, and any attempt other than a dd|nc takes an estimated 80 days to complete - and I don't think my pool is really that big, about 15 machines on 1.2TB (All CentOS 6 or 7).
> Version 3 still works quite well and is what I use here, but I know > there are some people on the list who have been using it version 4 for > some time now. Version 3 works *quite* well. I'm curious about v4 though, is it stable enough for production use? -- ----------------------------------------------- - Nick Bright - - Vice President of Technology - - Valnet -=- We Connect You -=- - - Tel 888-332-1616 x 315 / Fax 620-331-0789 - - Web http://www.valnet.net/ - ----------------------------------------------- - Are your files safe? - - Valnet Vault - Secure Cloud Backup - - More information & 30 day free trial at - - http://www.valnet.net/services/valnet-vault - ----------------------------------------------- This email message and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the addressees hereof. This message and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing, reproducing, distributing, disseminating or otherwise using this transmission. If you have received this message in error, please promptly notify the sender by reply E-mail and immediately delete this message from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! http://sdm.link/telerik _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
