From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07DBA15838C for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBF83E2A5C; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf1-f49.google.com (mail-lf1-f49.google.com [209.85.167.49]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 672DAE2A4A for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-f49.google.com with SMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-5100ed2b33dso7315791e87.0 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:15:36 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1706645734; x=1707250534; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=xOWVwogb6MEyM94LijSzrVwe+TSJQMwsGe6mrEdejEI=; b=gbouOvEGWhtbl8iotuzRBzbW57zPYp0PEQO12EJjtV7TfUs8HeAWVVGuqO1G+/TvRG NELoKvs9Kc5nqCaad+3/7y6IYx59WxgkuPnW2vSVsqQLqFHFJEw1+788Yakqnm8zsEDr YKtkM2yDyVTHNzuLaMNX6pk8tK7mXbQvGFIVNA1U12RFIxFqaFvZ+5AEQ6mUVpBIDyjZ +ZtvaOCU6d/Y0ykxfpztZWTbGxqzRY6IABKwofodmqxrO62EcHJzNRM9QM/43oIr0TOH Zmq1MCw3NtMtQQbc1J6Lgilcgr/bFq3exOa5rqYktHrKFODDOpiRM9UUFpNUI6bbFh04 6UOA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyvmQb10c464DhJ4UvP37VDHmfmcdTg7LGuzBdtikbrlOGyeo7o YVG72WfGV0QpjlSPWvOFP54UC9cOy7PVIjRiyU9qD5baS8dNF5JNhWdxqjIGqc6t0zdZXcLgj9Q Yr7UPsxdZA6mLKFOAlaoiUI90wB16QKd1 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IE73fTfrEI2+W7FVd29hpn0bxk0sfb1IuHCtYtQBvhOYKx3DJmqRloLq+ytNK/TEH8B4FsaxqDdKsz5HhqttIU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:138c:b0:511:9dc:d8bf with SMTP id fc12-20020a056512138c00b0051109dcd8bfmr6730721lfb.67.1706645734222; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:15:34 -0800 (PST) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8f5371a5-07af-456e-8517-cb9bb664fac4@youngman.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <8f5371a5-07af-456e-8517-cb9bb664fac4@youngman.org.uk> From: Rich Freeman Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:15:23 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for backup scheme? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2588cf3a-ecc5-445b-aaf6-14bdb38e17e4 X-Archives-Hash: fd7acb5899f37828c8d250f0ad65995a On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 3:08=E2=80=AFPM Wol wrot= e: > > 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 So, you've basically described what rsnapshot does, minus half the features. You should consider looking at it. It is basically an rsync wrapper and will automatically rotate multiple snapshots, and when it makes them they're all hard-linked such that they're as close to copy-on-write copies as possible. The result is that all those snapshots don't take up much space, unless your files are constantly changing. --=20 Rich