Re: [Hampshire] Big home backups

Damian Brasher wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>
>> The size produces problems of sheer time taken to backup.
>> I back up about 50 GB on a data machine and about 100 GB on a daily
>> use machine in a home environment. The practical problems have been
>> more significant for me rather than security issues to date.
>>
>
> I see you have some Differential going with rync but using say a monthly
> FULL against weekday Diffs will save you more time and make the whole
> exercise more managebale. Rsync mirrors of ordinary data can be messy and
> difficult to manage I have found. Rdiff was not robust enough I also
> found.

yes I do not rely only on rsync daily diffs. I also use external usb
drive/s and expect to use a full rsync nominally monthly.
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alan cocks
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