Am Samstag, den 30.08.2014, 17:10 +0200 schrieb Simon Matter: > > 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. Just bought some good wine for my weekend project: what about rsnapshot combined with lvm snapshots (in the pre/postexec scripts of rsnapshot)? rsnapshot works with rsync and hardlinks. Rotation and some other nice features come out of the box. Any experiences with cyrus and this tool? Ciao! ---- 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
