From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 07:14:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E6F616A41F for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:14:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net) Received: from merke.itea.ntnu.no (merke.itea.ntnu.no [129.241.7.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27EC943D45 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:14:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7630A13C86E for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:14:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maren.thelosingend.net (maren.math.ntnu.no [129.241.211.48]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with SMTP for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:13:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 29086 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Aug 2005 09:13:54 +0200 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 Aug 2005 09:13:54 +0200 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:13:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen X-X-Sender: sveinhal@maren.thelosingend.net To: Charles Swiger In-Reply-To: <82746FA7-5934-46C4-BF7F-F5295EF51A8C@mac.com> Message-ID: <20050831091129.N29039@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <20050828234043.H22315@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050829161506.E2522@maren.thelosingend.net> <43131C85.1070100@meijome.net> <20050829170053.M3014@maren.thelosingend.net> <43133BA5.2010608@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050830091919.J13913@maren.thelosingend.net> <82746FA7-5934-46C4-BF7F-F5295EF51A8C@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Content-Scanned: with sophos and spamassassin at mailgw.ntnu.no. Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync and moving files [Re: backup w/ snapshots] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:14:08 -0000 * Charles Swiger [2005-08-30 10:49 -0400] > On Aug 30, 2005, at 3:32 AM, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > > Yes, that's correct! But let's say I keep more than one snapshot around. I > > maybe didn't mention this, but this the sole purpose of using snapshots; > > for me to have more full backups laying around. > > A snapshot on the same disk does not qualify as a reliable backup of > your data. Using rsync to copy a tree of stuff to another machine > would. Please read the entire thread. I use rsync to mirror my disks remotely, then make snapshots on that remote computer. The snapshots are mounted read-only and nfs-exported back to the original computer. This satisfies both the need for offsite sorage of backups, the need for invremental backups and the need for all previous backups to be randomly accessible from the original computer. Thanks for your consern, though.