On Wednesday 10 May 2006 17:22, Damian Menscher wrote: > > It compares the size of the files on the original file system with those > > on the synchronized file system. So, if we leave out directories from > > that check, then we should be on the safe side, right? > > Correct, but it sounds like you should be reading up on rsync or LVM > snapshots to avoid reinventing the wheel. I'm all with you, but try telling that my boss. He prefers to only use the simplest tools and double check everything. Not necessarily a bad approach, but then one misses out many nice features of more powerful tools, for example incremental backups. Personally, I tend to bet on software such as "star" and "rsnapshot", and if I don't trust a tool, then I test it throughly. Automatic tests can be used to verify that backups still work properly after updates. But there's no time for that at my job ... -- Dipl.-Phys. Felix E. Klee Email: fk@xxxxxxxxxxxx (work), felix.klee@xxxxxxx (home) Tel: +49 721 8307937, Fax: +49 721 8307936 Linuxburg, Goethestr. 15a, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
