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· Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>: |
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> On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:51 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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>> >> No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines. |
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>> > Why? |
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>> Different OS. |
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> So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share |
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> hardware? |
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Because it doesn't make sense, to share the same filesystem for |
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backing up Windows and Linux? |
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Why should the same filesystem be used to hold backups for Windows |
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and Linux? What's the point in making things more dangerous than they |
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need to be? |
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>> > My partner has to use Windows for |
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>> > work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device? |
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>> It just doesn't make sense. |
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> So if I have a Linux box, a Windows box and a Mac and want to backup to |
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> an external drive, you say I must buy three drives when one will do? |
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I did not say that. I said: |
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| But more interesting: Why should they even be able to backup to the |
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| same drive (or better: to the same filesystem)? |
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And that's more to the point: Why backup to the same filesystem? |
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It's a simple matter of keeping different things seperated. What's |
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the point in mixing up backups of Linux and Windows? |
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> Should I buy a fourth drive for my Palm Treo? |
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Yes, I also think that what you're saying is rather stupid. |
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> Do I need separate rsync.net accounts too? |
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At least I wouldn't store everything in the same directory. It would |
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of course be a good idea to seperate things. |
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> A backup device is just a storage appliance, if should not be parochial |
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> about the origin of the data it stores. |
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But because there are different requirements (features of the |
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filesystems), what you're saying is not correct. |
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And why do you make such a fuss about such a natural thing? There's |
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just no reason in sharing such a device/filesystem/"storage endpoint" |
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between different operating systems. |
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Michael Schmarck |
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ever happened to me... the most dreadful thing." |
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