On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2009-01-31, Predrag Punosevac <punoseva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use > > of CVS to accomplish this task. > > .. > > > I have seen a thread about 2-3 months ago on misc in which there > > was a similar question by a OpenBSD user who wanted to keep his > > /etc on his firewall machines up to date as well as back up > > configuration files in the case of the disaster by CVS. > > CVS is great for text based config files, and has the advantage it's > in base. but it's slow at some things, and sometimes it can e.g. be > nice to have access to the whole revision history whichever machine > you're using.. > > you might find something like git or hg works better for you, or > you might find CVS is fine, or you might find your current method > is really the most appropriate to how you work. > > it's really a personal thing, try some alternatives and see which > you get along with best. i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. cheers! erob
