the real difference between an rsync full and incremental in backuppc are
the 3 following
1) a full has rsync ignore matching mtimes and checksum all files while and
incremental trusts matching mtimes
2)backuppc has a different keep/delete schedule for fulls vs incrementals.
3)an incremental backup in backuppc only holds changed files and and backup
is filled by the previous full backup while a full backup has no dependancy
on another backup.
there are no other differences.
does that explain it??
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Christian Völker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yohoo!
>
> |> I keep repeating this, so you might all be bored, but still:
> No, definetly not bored. For this it looks like it's too complicated :-\
>
> |> When you factor pooling into the equasion, this means that the
> difference
> |> between rsync full and incremental backups is smaller than for tar/smb
> |> backups, which is yet far smaller than for tape backups for instance.
> Or, the
> |> other way around, for tape backups the difference is obvious, for
> tar/smb you
> |> can still see it clearly, while for rsync backups you have to look
> through a
> |> microscope. But it's still the same difference, and it's still there.
> | I like that explanation! :-) IMHO it should go to the Wiki.
>
> I would prefer to have a more detailled explanation for this. As I want
> to understand what's going on it's not helpfull to compare things
> instead of giving examples.
>
> So WHAT it the difference between an rsync full and incremental backup?
> What CAN be the microscopic differences?
> Let's say I have a running Linux server which I back up through rsync
> with default settings and I already have one successful full backup.
>
> There are now two parts to look at:
> 1. The backup process itself
> 2. The stored backup
>
> So what are the differences now between a full and incremental one?
>
> Greetings
>
> Christian
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