Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 10, 2008, at 2:12 AM, Brian Wells wrote: Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to make rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing up to is on an ext3-formatted usb flash drive, and I'm wondering if this is a wise thing to do. I

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Wells
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 02:21 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 10, 2008, at 2:12 AM, Brian Wells wrote: Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to make rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing up to is on an ext3-formatted usb flash

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Ted Hilts
Brian Wells wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 02:21 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 10, 2008, at 2:12 AM, Brian Wells wrote: Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to make rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing up to is on an

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Shachar Or
On Monday 11 August 2008 23:25, Brian Wells wrote: I'm looking at an alternative utility, svn-backup-dumps, in the same package. I could do ~800 full backups, or many more incremental backups with a full backup here and there, before running out of space. That would only write most blocks

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 11, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Brian Wells wrote: I'm looking at an alternative utility, svn-backup-dumps, in the same package. I could do ~800 full backups, or many more incremental backups with a full backup here and there, before running out of space. That would only write most blocks

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Brian Wells
Thanks to Shachar Or and Ted Hilts for the suggestions, I might try them sometime (particularly the nested filesystem idea, that's very clever :) My main reply, below, is to Rick. On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 18:33 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 11, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Brian Wells wrote: I'm

rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-10 Thread Brian Wells
Hi. I'm using svn-fast-backup (in the subversion-tools package) to make rsync backups of my subversion repository. The place I'm backing up to is on an ext3-formatted usb flash drive, and I'm wondering if this is a wise thing to do. I know that flash drive blocks wear out after a certain number