Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>> Yikes! Double your disk space, just like that. >> >> No, it doens't do what you think it does. Try this test: > > http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html > > "...rsnapshot is a filesystem backup utility based on rsync. Using > rsnapshot, it is possible to take snapshots of your filesystems at > different points in time. Using hard links, rsnapshot creates the > illusion of multiple full backups, while only taking up the space of > one full backup plus differences." > > > As I said, double your disk space. The incrementals may be small, but > the initial full backup requires as much disk space as the filesystem > it's backup up.
Actually no... it wasn't what you indicated regardless of what you actually said. >From OP > I'm noticing a lengthy pause in an rsnapshot setup when the > directories being shuffled are over 3gb or so. Rsnapshot makes a > copy of the last backup to a new name then runs rsync against the > original. Making that copy can take awhile. And more so as it gets > bigger. Yikes! Double your disk space, just like that. Your comment was a direct reply to my mention of rsnapshot copying the last backup to a new name. The `just likt that.' Is obviously aimed at my comments since you quoted them for your reply. If you tried that test you'll know that just isn't how it works. What you are saying now is quit a lot different. That target + backup = double the space. That is also true or very close to it, of any other backup system including bacula when used in disk mode. (assuming no compression) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
