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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Backups

On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 11:08:53AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:

> I used to do that.
> 
> If a problem occured two ryncs ago, can you get to the backup from 
> three rsyncs ago?

No, and I'm OK with that.  There is something Vic did a lightning talk
on a while ago called rsync-backup or something like that which does
keep deltas to old backups, but setting that up also requires thinking.

Jody

> Being able to restore to an arbitrary point in time is useful to me.  
> And knowing that I have media that I can move to another location is 
> also important.
> -- 
> Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
> BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/
> 

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