Am Samstag, den 30.08.2014, 14:37 -0500 schrieb Patrick Goetz: > On 8/30/2014 10:10 AM, Simon Matter wrote: > > > > I suggest -aH to preserve single instance storage in the backup. > > > > Does cyrus use a lot of hard links? I use rsync a lot to create > snapshot backups, and use hard links across snapshots to preserve space; > however, for a single instance backup and unless the filesystem includes > hard links (not normal), then the -H won't do much for you. > > Of course one should always use -a. > > The biggest concern I have about backing up mail spools is keeping the > index and message stores in sync while the backup is taking place. This is why I use lvm. > A > long time ago someone suggested using cyrdump, but when I looked into > this, I couldn't find any documentation whatsoever. Is cyrdump a real > thing, or did I imagine all this? Ciao Marcus ---- 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
