From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DD1138010 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E667C21C05D; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out6.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out6.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.222]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D43021C054 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:19:57 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EAHxhbVB8lHrW/2dsb2JhbABFhg+4fIEIgiABAQUjZgsNCwICJgICVzOHaqYOknaBIYx+gg6BEgOIVpJ1Ioongno X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,533,1344182400"; d="scan'208";a="40426436" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.148.122.214]) by icp-osb-irony-out6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 04 Oct 2012 18:19:56 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE9D26FC66 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:19:56 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CT7OiC-MUlcw for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:19:43 +0800 (WST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDE326FB9D for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:19:43 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <1349345982.14186.26.camel@moriah> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine: incremental back-ups From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:19:42 +0800 In-Reply-To: <20121004063825.GC955@ca.inter.net> References: <20121004063825.GC955@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5e74f98b-a6c2-41cc-bbbc-0ac8ddf78ec0 X-Archives-Hash: e693d96a534ed44dfb0768fb4c241e31 On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 02:38 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > My new machine is working very well -- thanks again for the advice -- , > tho' the sighing noise from the CPU fan is a bit trying (smile), > & I'm considering setting up an incremental back-up system > so that if the SSD collapses, > I can restore everything from files stored on the HDD without re-installing. > > I already have an adequate set-up of back-ups, incl off-site copies, > which ensures my personal files + configs cb restored, > but it involves some human intervention from me at various times > & I would have to re-install all the system + Portage stuff. > > What do people who do incremental back-ups use ? > dirvish - its in portage "In other news, I've learned from the director of the Oregon State University Open Source Lab that they will be backing up their servers with dirvish. These servers are the primary mirror sites for Mozilla, Kernel.org, Gentoo, Drupal, and other major open source projects." This is from the dirvish website in 2005 when I started using it - if its good enough for those guys ... I am still using it on multiple systems without problems. Space efficient versioned backups. The website is a bit out of date, but there is still dev going on behind the scenes as shown by googling - solid and reliable so doesnt need to change much. Recommended. BillK