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Leslie Rhorer wrote:

> My main server's data is backed up every morning by a
> nearly identical backup server using rsync, which in turn is backed up
> in its entirety on a multi-volume offline, off-site hard drive set using
> DAR every few months.  All the boot systems employ two disk RAID 1
> mirrors and all the data repositories consist of 5 - 8 spindle RAID 6
> arrays.

any thoughts on using deduplication? For example I started using borg some
time ago. It saves a lot of space and makes it possible to have multiple
backups and longer retention. I don't backup music and video - too big and
not changing. The raid is enough for that.