Khaled Hussain a écrit :
So I take it that this is a single unique copy of every file regardless of host and permissions/timestamps.
Yes, and it's a unique copy regardless of filename too.
Yes, I am always able to restore backed up files without any issues so the backups are fine. However, if I was to move the cpool (currently on root partition) to the md0 device, I understand that the old backups will not be affected and all new backups should be linked successfully. The old backups will gradually expire away leaving more recent backups with hardlinked files in the pool; this will clear the server of duplicate data...is this correct?
Yes.
Why would it matter that cpool is on a different filesystem since backupPC_link uses pool, which is on the same filesystem?
I'm pretty sure that you're not using pool at all. As Craig said, you can only use cpool or pool, but not both. Recent versions of BackupPC always use cpool.
I would be grateful if you could give me a clearer definition for 'hardlink' to clarify backupPC's operation in my head.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link Best, GFK's -- Guillaume Filion, ing. jr Logidac Tech., Beaumont, Québec, Canada - http://logidac.com/ PGP Key and more: http://guillaume.filion.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
