I would like to get some opinions on a backup method using rsync. I already have a script written to mirror the data over to a backup script from a cron that is run every night. I've also been tempted to use the "--delete" option to keep everything up to date on the backup server. However, this is probably a bad idea in the event my data is deleted from the "/home" directory (just as an example) before the cron runs. When the cron runs and this isn't noticed before hand, the "/home" directory on the backup server will probably be whiped out as well, correct? So, do all you that use rsync as a backup method not use the "--delete" option, or do you keep maybe a separate weekly backup safe somewhere else. Of course, we do have our data center making tape backups of the backup server as well, but let's assume we didn't. Thank you!
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