Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for backup scheme?

[Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

On 30/01/2024 19:19, Rich Freeman wrote:
> I'd echo the other advice.  It really depends on your goals.

If you just want a simple backup, I'd use something like rsync onto lvm 
or btrfs or something. I've got a little script that sticks today's date 
onto the snapshot name (used to snapshot / before I emerge :-) so if you 
run something like after each backup you know your snapshot is as it was 
that day.

Rsync has a "backup in place option", so it will on;ly overwrite parts 
of the file that have changed, so if you use lvm or btrfs to snapshot 
the filesystem as part of the backup, you can then just mount that 
snapshot to get a complete filesystem image. Full backups for the price 
of incremental.

Cheers,
Wol