Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-04 Thread Dan Harnett
On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 04:29:41PM -0500, Jonathan Thornburg wrote: Etienne Robillard robillard.etienne () gmail ! com wrote i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. I have

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-04 Thread Daniel A. Ramaley
On Tuesday February 3 2009 21:16, you wrote: rsync -aHESvv --delete \ --exclude '/home/jonathan/crypt/*' \ --exclude '/mnt/oxygen/home/jonathan/crypt/*' \ /home/jonathan/ /mnt/oxygen/home/jonathan/ This works fine except that the --exclude options are not

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-03 Thread Jonathan Thornburg
Etienne Robillard robillard.etienne () gmail ! com wrote i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. I have found rsync to an external usb hard disk to work very nicely; these are now

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-03 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Jonathan Thornburg jth...@astro.indiana.edu wrote: Etienne Robillard robillard.etienne () gmail ! com wrote i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso..

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Khalid Schofield
On 31 Jan 2009, at 06:36, Predrag Punosevac wrote: Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. I happen to use 4-5 different computer on the daily basis for my work. I use my laptop, desktop, and a file server at work as well

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sat, 31.01.2009 at 14:04:32 +, Dieter open...@sopwith.solgatos.com wrote: ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit. are you sure? I can fetch files that are well over 4GB and burn them on DVD. These files are called as ISO files, but I don't know exactly

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 12:12:50PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote: I can fetch files that are well over 4GB and burn them on DVD. These files are called as ISO files, but I don't know exactly what's inside See

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:04:32PM +, Dieter wrote: i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit. I use pax -w

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 13:01:52 +, Matthew Szudzik mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu wrote: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GiB_.28or_2_GiB_depending_on_implementation.29_file_size_limit Thanks for the heads-up, but Some operating systems can handle files up to 4GB on an ISO 9660

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Pierre Riteau
On 1 fivr. 09, at 18:11, Toni Mueller wrote: On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 13:01:52 +, Matthew Szudzik mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu wrote: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GiB_.28or_2_GiB_depending_on_impl ementation.29_file_size_limit Thanks for the heads-up, but Some operating

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 06:34:31PM +0100, Pierre Riteau wrote: The 4GB file limitation is for files *INSIDE* an ISO file system, not for the ISO itself. Exactly! It's OK to have a DVD crammed to the brim with 4.7GB of data, as long as the individual files on the DVD are each under the filesize

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:36:49 -0500 Predrag Punosevac punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. Just a suggestion but, given that 1. you want the latest revs available to use on any of several

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 18:34:31 +0100, Pierre Riteau pierre.rit...@gmail.com wrote: You seem to be mistaken. yes. Thanks to all of you, and note to self: Don't post when tired and distracted... Kind regards, --Toni++

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread (private) HKS
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Jason Dixon ja...@dixongroup.net wrote: There have been plenty of comments about distributed rcs systems. I have no complaints there at all, but I wanted to mention Bacula as a solid backup software option. We use it for our production needs in the office and

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Jukka Ruohonen
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 01:36:49AM -0500, Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. I happen to use 4-5 different computer on the daily basis for my work. I use my laptop, desktop, and a file server at work

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-01-31, Predrag Punosevac punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. .. I have seen a thread about 2-3 months ago on misc in which there was a similar question by a OpenBSD user who wanted to keep his

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Etienne Robillard
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:03:11 + (UTC) Stuart Henderson s...@spacehopper.org wrote: On 2009-01-31, Predrag Punosevac punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. .. I have seen a thread about 2-3 months

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Lars Noodén
Predrag Punosevac wrote: ...It is of paramount importance for me that my files are in sync on all 5 computers... Can you give more info about the nature of files you wish to keep in sync? System configuration, text processing, databases, executables, etc? Are the files all text i.e. xml /

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Rich Kulawiec
If you can set up a common data repository and if you can ensure that you always update that repository when you're finished working on computer A before moving to computer B, then that may be the best method for keeping your working set of files synchronized. If in addition to that you need

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread (private) HKS
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Predrag Punosevac punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. I happen to use 4-5 different computer on the daily basis for my work. I use my laptop, desktop

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread punosevac72
Lars Nood??n larsnoo...@openoffice.org wrote: Predrag Punosevac wrote: ...It is of paramount importance for me that my files are in sync on all 5 computers... Can you give more info about the nature of files you wish to keep in sync? System configuration, text processing, databases,

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread (private) HKS
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:21 PM, punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: @-HKS Point taken about mercurial. I will experiment with it. How good is it with occasional image files? It is definitelly big plus that I can look changes I made either in papers I am writing or grades (.csv) of my student. It

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Jason Dixon
There have been plenty of comments about distributed rcs systems. I have no complaints there at all, but I wanted to mention Bacula as a solid backup software option. We use it for our production needs in the office and colocation facility and I use it at home for my personal stuff. Works very

Re: Backup strategies

2009-01-31 Thread Dieter
i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit. I switched to using FFS, which allows files as large as the media will hold

Backup strategies

2009-01-30 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. I happen to use 4-5 different computer on the daily basis for my work. I use my laptop, desktop, and a file server at work as well as my personal desktop and my wife's laptop at home