Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:58:42
Message-Id: 200811161158.01059.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time by William Kenworthy
1 On Sunday 16 November 2008 11:04:41 William Kenworthy wrote:
2 > dirvish is in portage.
3 >
4 > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
5 > backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
6 > like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
7 >
8 > Dirvish is excellent on all but restore.
9
10 Which raises the question:
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12 What's the point of it then?
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14 OTOH, it has to be better than legato. Nothing could be worse than legato.
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18 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>