From: Stefan Behte <craig@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Git as backup tool
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:21:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EB09B14.5070607@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANZNk80SXY=5EJu8WUepCW9KTRqLxuTi=vhvk46d=aEO6CHNOg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
Am 01.11.2011 22:16, schrieb Andrey Utkin:
> I'd like to hear from anybody who uses (or tried) git on production
> servers for saving the points of possible restore. Please, share your
Yes, I'm doing it in production on some systems. It's ok for small
directories like /etc and /root, but don't try it on binaries. The repo
will grow and grow, it might need large amounts of RAM if you have big
files and you won't have a possiblility to use a good Backup rotation
scheme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_rotation_scheme).
Go Bacula!
Greetings, Craig
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-02 1:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-01 21:16 [gentoo-server] Git as backup tool Andrey Utkin
2011-11-01 21:23 ` Dmitriy Petrov
2011-11-01 23:50 ` Tanner Danzey
2011-11-02 0:19 ` Brian Kroth
2011-11-02 0:39 ` Tanner Danzey
2011-11-02 2:06 ` Dmitriy Petrov
2011-11-02 3:29 ` Tanner Danzey
2011-11-02 1:21 ` Stefan Behte [this message]
2011-11-02 2:08 ` Tanner Danzey
2011-11-02 8:09 ` Andrey Utkin
2011-11-02 10:10 ` Ciprian Dorin Craciun
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