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Re: [BackupPC-users] Linux backups with rsync vs tar
2011-09-02 17:12:13
"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
wrote on 09/02/2011 02:37:31 PM:
> Timothy J Massey wrote at about 10:43:37 -0400 on Friday, September
2, 2011:
>
> > Your old backups should be 100% fine. They will remain
in the pool just
> > fine, etc. I do not believe that files transferred
by rsync will pool
> > with files transferred by tar (due to the attribute issue
you mention);
> > however, for you that's a moot point: 90% of your
files don't pool,
> > anyway.
>
> Why do you think they won't pool?
You ignored the part where I said to take what I wrote
with a grain of salt. I was extrapolating from what the questioner
said. The point was that it DOES NOT MATTER in this case.
Having said that, thank you for the details, and for
correcting the record.
> > This is not a *bad* thing. Every single one of my
backup serversis based
> > on BackupPC, and all but maybe 2 shares are backed up using
rsync. (The
> > only exceptions I can think of are where I'm backing up
data on aNAS, and
> > I can't or won't run rsyncd on the NAS so I have to use
SMB). Whether
> > it's an advantage or disadvantage, that's the setup I use.
I vastly
> > prefer consistency over performance. But I can live
with 8 hour backup
> > windows.
>
> Why not run rsyncd on a NAS? It works fine and is reasonably fast
even
> on low end arm-based devices with minimal memory (e.g., 64MB).
Because I do not control the firmware on the NAS devices,
rooting the device and adding random software does not appeal to me, there
is (for my purposes) zero downside to using SMB, and if I wanted to deal
with a random collection of vendor-supplied and custom-added code, I probably
would have not selected a NAS in the first place.
Timothy J. Massey
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