Leslie Rhorer wrote: > My main server's data is backed up every morning by a > nearly identical backup server using rsync, which in turn is backed up > in its entirety on a multi-volume offline, off-site hard drive set using > DAR every few months. All the boot systems employ two disk RAID 1 > mirrors and all the data repositories consist of 5 - 8 spindle RAID 6 > arrays.
any thoughts on using deduplication? For example I started using borg some time ago. It saves a lot of space and makes it possible to have multiple backups and longer retention. I don't backup music and video - too big and not changing. The raid is enough for that.
