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From: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Git as backup tool
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:09:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANZNk81vcj6Cp9MAhX-sJA9r8U9m-J-NSFpSBTKC5uGeAsHzaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EB09B14.5070607@gentoo.org>

2011/11/2 Stefan Behte <craig@gentoo.org>:
> 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

Git allows removing old revisions.

>, it might need large amounts of RAM if you have big
> files

possibly

> and you won't have a possiblility to use a good Backup rotation
> scheme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_rotation_scheme).

I didn't get your point.
Did you mean that this way i won't have ability to choose from
multiple recovery points?
Or that i can't store the backups in several different places?
Please, elaborate.

> Go Bacula!

Thanks, I'll try.

Thanks 2 all for replies.

-- 
Andrey Utkin



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-02  8:10 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
2011-11-02  2:08   ` Tanner Danzey
2011-11-02  8:09   ` Andrey Utkin [this message]
2011-11-02 10:10 ` Ciprian Dorin Craciun

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