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On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > There is nothing wrong with tar. In fact tar is great for this job. dd |
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> > not. |
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> Depends. If you backup to tape, like you do, then the Tape Archiver |
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> commonly called "tar" is the tool to use. |
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> But if a backup to disk is done, tar is still a good tool for the job, |
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> but IMO not the best tool available. Instead I'd suggest to use rsync. |
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> Reason: It's easier to restore just a single file. |
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> It's of course possible to restore single files from tar-balls as well, |
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> but it's more complicated. Especially, if you're using incrementals. I'm |
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> not saying that's impossible, but just, that it's harder than with rsync. |
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it is a matter of taste - but anyway everything is better than dd ;) |
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