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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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Best regards, |
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Michael |
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