Re: Various Questions

2011-01-09 Thread Carl Cook
I'd rather not do the copy again unless necessary, as it took a day. Directories look identical, but who knows? I'm going to try and figure out how to do a file-by-file crc check, for peace of mind. On Sat 08 January 2011 17:26:25 Freddie Cash wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Carl

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 09/01/11 13:37, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Carl Cookcac...@quantum-sci.com wrote: I'd rather not do the copy again unless necessary, as it took a day. Directories look identical, but who knows? I'm going to try and figure out how to do a file-by-file

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-08 Thread Carl Cook
In addition to the questions below, if anyone has a chance could you advise on why my destination drive has more data than the source after this command: # rsync --hard-links --delete --inplace --archive --numeric-ids /media/disk/* /home sending incremental file list sent 658660 bytes

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-08 Thread Ian! D. Allen
On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 05:25:19AM -0800, Carl Cook wrote: In addition to the questions below, if anyone has a chance could you advise on why my destination drive has more data than the source after this command: # rsync --hard-links --delete --inplace --archive --numeric-ids /media/disk/*

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-08 Thread Freddie Cash
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Carl Cook cac...@quantum-sci.com wrote: In addition to the questions below, if anyone has a chance could you advise on why my destination drive has more data  than the source after this command: # rsync --hard-links --delete --inplace --archive --numeric-ids

Various Questions

2011-01-07 Thread Carl Cook
On Fri 07 January 2011 08:14:17 Hubert Kario wrote: I'd suggest at least mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid0 /dev/sdc /dev/sdd if you really want raid0 I don't fully understand -m or -d. Why would this make a truer raid0 that with no options? Is it necessary to use fdisk on new drives in

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-07 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Carl Cook cac...@quantum-sci.com wrote: On Fri 07 January 2011 08:14:17 Hubert Kario wrote: I'd suggest at least mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid0 /dev/sdc /dev/sdd if you really want raid0 I don't fully understand -m or -d.  Why would this make a truer raid0

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-07 Thread Freddie Cash
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Carl Cook cac...@quantum-sci.com wrote: How do you know what options to rsync are on by default?  I can't find this anywhere.  For example, it seems to me that --perms -ogE  --hard-links and --delete-excluded should be on by default, for a true sync? Who cares

Re: Various Questions

2011-01-07 Thread Carl Cook
Wow, this rsync and backup system is pretty amazing. I've always just tarred each directory manually, but now find I can RELIABLY automate backups, and have SOLID versioning to boot. Thanks to everyone who advised, especially Freddie and Anthony. I am still waiting for hardware for my