Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)

> How do you handle snapshotting? or do you leave that to the block/fs > virtualization layer? I am guessing this question is directed at me. Firstly, when I used the word snapshot, I was referring to the snapshot in the LBackup context. It is outlined at the following page

Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)

How do you handle snapshotting? or do you leave that to the block/fs virtualization layer? /kc On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 01:35:27PM +1200, Henri Shustak said: >> Our backup procudures have provision for looking back at previous directories, but there is not much to be gained with recycled dire

Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)

> Our backup procudures have provision for looking back at previous > directories, but there is not much to be gained with recycled directories. > Without recycling, and after a failure, the latest available backup may not > have much in it. Just wanted to point out that LBackup has a number o

Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)

rsync folks, Henri Shustak wrote: LBackup always starts a new backup snapshot with an empty directory. I have been looking at extending --link-dest options to scan beyond just the previous successful backup to (failed backups / older backups). However, there are all kinds of edge cases which ar