Farmol SPA wrote:
>   -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup backuppc
> From: Mirco Piccin <pictux AT gmail DOT com>
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support 
> <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Date: Wed Aug 18 2010 14:25:38 GMT+0200 (ora Legale Europa Occidentale)
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Farmol SPA <farmolspa AT gmail DOT com 
>> <mailto:farmolspa AT gmail DOT com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi list.
>>
>>     I would like to ask which is the simplest yet effective way to dump
>>     backuppc stuff (mainly __TOPDIR__) eg to a removable hard disk
>>     that will
>>     be used in a disaster recovery scenario where the plant were destroyed
>>     and I need to restore data from this survivor device. Is a "rsync -aH"
>>     enough?
>>
>>
>> you can use the Archive function:
>> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions
> 
> Unfortunately the Archive function is too much time consuming for my 
> purpose. I will try the raw rsync -aH way, that for sure will take a bit 
> the first time but should be much faster next ones. We speak of 150GB 
> after all!

The practical limit for rsync or other file-oriented copies has more to do with 
the number of hardlinks than the size of the archive.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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