On 05/21/2010 09:35 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > Dirvish is a layer on top of rsync. I use rsync directly. The cool > thing about rsync is that incrementals and full backups are the same. > Every time you take an rsync snapshot (using the --link-dest option), > you get a parallel tree of directories with common files hardlinked > across.
I use rsnapshot, which is a layer on top of rsync in this manner as well. It's easy to set up with one configuration file, and has been working quite well for me for a couple of years now (backing up to an external USB drive). http://rsnapshot.org > You should be aware that USB on a cruddy old laptop is going to be > (probably) a cruddy old USB speed also, and that backups over it are > going to be slow. USB2 is going to be better, eSATA is going to be > pretty fast, if you can get it. I can also verify this. However, I'm still using USB 2.0 for my backups because I wanted to use the eSATA speeds for a drive I make use of during the day. My backups run for a few hours every night, so I keep them on the slower medium. Scott -- Scott Garman sgarman at zenlinux dot com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
