Neil Bothwick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:06:27 +0000, Steve wrote: > > > Fair comment... I stand corrected that rsync/rdiff-backup are > > appropriate for backup of user files. This issue is an old one of trade > > off between being able to make fast backups and being able to recover > > quickly. IMHO the dd approach is still valid and useful as it is one of > > the few ways to ensure rapid disaster recovery. I agree that an rsync > > approach permits more frequent backups to be made for user files. Maybe > > a better recommendation would have been a combination of dd to take an > > image of the install - then rsync to keep regular copies of user files. > > I'd still disagree, rsync or rdiff-backup create an exact mirror of the > file tree, so you have a backup that is extremely fast to restore from, > especially for individual files. If I want an image of the partition, I'll > use partimage as it is several orders of magnitude faster than dd and > produces smaller archives. > > As a backup tool dd is about as friendly as backing up to punched cards :(
Why not a combination of the two? Use dd to a file to create an initial image of the partition. Then, once per night, mount it as a loopback file, and rsync it... This way if you have a catastrophic drive failure, you can low-level re-image the drive. 2c yada. Cooper. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
