On 13 Jun 2017, Predrag Punosevac wrote: (snip) > The simplest thing to do is to rsync from one system to another. Very > simple, but the problem is it's just a "dumb mirror" - there is no > history, no versions in the past (snapshots in time) and every day you > do your rsync, you risk clobbering old data that you won't realize you > need until tomorrow. "
It's worth noting that backing up to a large removable target volume allows use of rsync's --link-dest option making it easier to efficiently keep multiple snapshots if one doesn't often rearrange one's filesystem. (snip) > His prices are reasonable. Other formaly inexpensive methoods of > archiving involve burning DVDs and taking them to a remote storage. (snip) These days TB-scale external SSDs a make for a handy way to then get the data off-site: for many typical situations they allow storage of multiple backups for which we didn't have to be too picky about what goes onto them. (Those with enterprise-scale money and needs are obviously in a rather different category.) One size doesn't fit all, but rsync --link-dest to high-capacity external drives is such a handy option these days for easily browsed past backups that I figured it was worth mentioning explicitly on top of your excellent general article. -- Mark
