On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:12:39 -0400 Bob Katz <bobk...@digido.com> wrote:
> I appreciate that. Well, if I have to do a bare metal restore I would > use a clone, it's safer, if it's recent. I don't see where it could be safer; the worse you can have are eventual dangling files if the install image has changed a lot between you original system installation and the restore. And as you said about the clone: "IF it's recent" - which is almost always not the case, this is where BPC take it's whole value: at worse, you'll restore the yesterday backup, which usually doesn't take more time than an image restore. In a production environment where today's work _must_ be saved, a combination of BPC and several snapshots a day does the trick, providing FS/Network core/Network speed allows it in a reasonable time slice. > My object of backing up the > server is that hopefully I could get myself out of a disaster by > digging through incrementals. ? My object of backing up the server is to recover it fully functional with the minimal loss of data in a minimum of time… JY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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/
