> Am Freitag, den 29.08.2014, 07:56 -0700 schrieb David R Bosso: >> --On August 29, 2014 at 4:27:57 PM +0200 Marcus Schopen >> <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm planing to use lvm snaps and rsync for a daily disaster recovery >> > backup on my master cyrus (2.4.12 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): >> >> Have you tested lvm snaps for this purpose yet? When I tried to use lvm >> snapshots in this way a few years ago, it absolutely killed performance >> on >> the volume with the active snapshots. Hopefully things have improved, >> but >> I wouldn't bet on it. > > Yes, I've tested it and don't see any performance problems while the > snaphot is active. My problem is how to backup about 140 GB mailspool in > an acceptable time slot. What tools are recommended? > > If using rsync what options are best practice? I suggest -aH to preserve single instance storage in the backup. Simon ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus