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On 16 Apr, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:30:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> I would like to back up a mounted RAID0 to a mounted RAID1. |
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> The RAID makes no difference, because rsync works at the filesystem level. |
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>> Would the following command be appropriate to backup /virdata on |
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>> RAID0 to /backups on RAID1? |
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>> rsync -avx /virdata/. /backups/. |
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> Yes, although the use of -v makes it harder to see any errors that may |
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> occur. |
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>> It appears that maybe the -a option wouldn't copy the links? |
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> It does. |
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I don't think it copies hard links, as well. |
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Therefore I prefer the additional option -H |
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Furthermore I add the -u option for not overriding files on the |
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destination which are newer. |
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Helmut. |
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Helmut Jarausch |
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Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik |
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RWTH - Aachen University |
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D 52056 Aachen, Germany |
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