Ryan Nielsen wrote: > I'm currently backing up data using rsync over ssh to remote hard > drives. Those drives have filled up quite quickly. Has anyone worked > with transparent compression on file systems? Does it work well? Are > there any risks? I'm not (at the moment) worried about speed, just > space. Is there a better way to do this?
Use rdiff-backup, which has built-in support for incremental backups and automatically compresses old increments AFAIK. rdiff-backup is based on rsync and ssh. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
