Les Mikesell wrote at about 07:51:56 -0500 on Friday, August 20, 2010: > Farmol SPA wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup backuppc > > From: Mirco Piccin <[email protected]> > > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed Aug 18 2010 14:25:38 GMT+0200 (ora Legale Europa Occidentale) > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Farmol SPA <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi list. > >> > >> I would like to ask which is the simplest yet effective way to dump > >> backuppc stuff (mainly __TOPDIR__) eg to a removable hard disk > >> that will > >> be used in a disaster recovery scenario where the plant were destroyed > >> and I need to restore data from this survivor device. Is a "rsync -aH" > >> enough? > >> > >> > >> you can use the Archive function: > >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions > > > > Unfortunately the Archive function is too much time consuming for my > > purpose. I will try the raw rsync -aH way, that for sure will take a bit > > the first time but should be much faster next ones. We speak of 150GB > > after all! > > The practical limit for rsync or other file-oriented copies has more to do > with > the number of hardlinks than the size of the archive. >
And just to be clear the consequence of what Les is saying is that it is unlikely to be much if at all faster the next time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
