Tod Detre wrote at about 09:53:57 -0400 on Monday, April 11, 2011: > For backing up my BackupPC pool I've found that using xfs on top of > lvm to be a great solution. > > lvm allows you to make a snapshot of the pool. This is nice if you > only have a small window between when your servers stop backing up and > your users workstations start. > > xfs has a great tool called xfs_copy. This tool will automatically > "freeze" your filesystem if you're on lvm. (hence it's good to do this > on a snapshot) and then copy the fs to another block device. This is > better for memory usage than rsync and better than dd as it doesn't > have to copy empty parts of the disk. It could be used with a remote > device with iSCSI, but since it copies all of the data every time, > it's probably not a good idea. If you're just copying to a local disk > it works great. >
Is this any better than using clonezilla with an ext2/3/4 partition on an lvm-snapshot? (my understanding is that clonezilla "knows" to skip unallocated blocks). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ 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/
