-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/31/2012 03:58 PM, Jeff Gipson wrote: > That's a good point. I guess now would be a good time to mention > that a volume snapshot != backup (see below), however, I've heard > of snapshots sometimes being used to create a "still" or > "point-in-time" copy of the system, which itself is backed up, > since backups can take a considerable amount of time. Absolutely - this was the first practical use I made of snapshots with LVM1. It effectively lets you widen the "backup window" by only having to briefly pause services while the snapshot is created. The services then resume while the backup proceeds from the snapshot device. The cost is a performance impact from the snapshot (that is greater than a "normal" backup's load but which allows the service to keep running). > Labels are okay, but I dislike them because they are abitrary. If > labels are used, then don't used a label like "backups" because > it's too likely to have a naming collision. Use a label like > "red-rover red-rover" which is less likely to have collisions. Yeah, good point. I usually name things with my nick, then a roll and then an instance number or index (e.g. bmr_data2). It's not perfect by any means but does avoid many of the problems you mention. > As far as using an external drive is concerned, for my backups, I > opted not to do this, because when my house burns or gets blown > away by a tornado, or is robbed (in which case the burgler is > likely to take everything attached to the computer, too) that > on-site backup isn't going to help very much; but the question was > just about formatting a drive. I've had a setup for about six or eight years where I have three sites with DSL connections where I maintain systems. "Important" things get backed up locally via a daily cron job and periodically get pushed to one of the other sites (ssh with key authentication). It's very crufty and the scripts are pretty crappy but it works OK for the moment. Replacing it is one of the things I have vaguely in mind for the next year or so. Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/HiTgACgkQ6YSQoMYUY96TiwCfWcvpZL6kNJp9rwhMWTS8RFTb Tw0Anj9ANYEMED2y76Y94g10BMryN528 =yyxM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
