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Re: [BackupPC-users] Best FS for BackupPC

2011-05-24 10:16:03
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Best FS for BackupPC
From: Tod Detre <tod.detre AT maine DOT edu>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:48:07 -0400
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago
<mlorenzo AT andago DOT com> wrote:

> Which one do you think is best for BackupPC?

One of the main reasons I like xfs is the tool xfs_copy. This will
allow you to copy a backuppc pool filesystem quickly and efficiently.
BackupPC pools have too many hardlinks to make rsync work efficiently.
dd works, but copies all of the "empty" space too.

-- 
Tod

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