Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> Not sure if you yet realize this, but BackupPC actually does
> more than just hard links and compression. Specifically,
> 
> 1. It has the notion of a "pool" so that common files between multiply
>    backed up computers are only copied once. When you have multiple
>    Windows and/or Linux computers, this saves a lot of backup space.

Yeah. I didn't mention this (and other features) because it didn't seem 
relevant to me. I only have two computers to backup and I'm only backing 
up the home directories, so there aren't almost any files in common.


> 2. Incrementals only contain hard links for new files vs. your system
>    where every day you create a new hard link for every single
>    file.

Ok. I didn't know this. Is there any benefit to the BackupPC method? I 
kind of like my system because it makes it really easy to find a file in 
the backup, as it gives the illusion of a full daily backup.

AFAIK there is no harm in making hard links. You are just consuming inodes.

Daniel.

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