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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: My darn NAS... |
| Date | 2021-01-14 12:36 +0000 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <rtpdsj$dnc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <75s2dh-kol51.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> <1931038497@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net> <kid5dh-s82b1.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> <rtp8k8$55d$5@dont-email.me> <i6ap2sFe12eU19@mid.individual.net> |
On 14/01/2021 11:43, TimS wrote: > On 14 Jan 2021 at 11:06:48 GMT, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> On 14/01/2021 08:56, Chris Green wrote: >>> When you backup a 1TB drive do you actually copy the whole 1TB? It's >>> a huge waste of time and space and you can't keep so many backups. >>> Use some form of incremental backup and also backup*selectively*. >> >> depends on what you want. I rsync huge amounts of data. Disk space is >> cheap. Recovering from data loss is not, Working out what is important >> and what is not is even more expensive. > > Incremental backup as done by Time Machine allows many more backups. It's done > with hard links, so a file is backed up the first time, but hard links are > created for subsequent backups. This means that what is presented to me when I > want to do a restore from a selected date just looks an ordinary folder as it > would appear on the Desktop. I highlight one or more files/folders with the > mouse and click Restore. No farting about with command line options that I > have no interest in remembering. > > Disk space may be cheap, but then you have to manage it. And remember - if you > make backup/restore complicated then noddy users won't do it. > well what I have on my SECOND drive is complete directory trees of three machines and its all exported by NFS so all I have to do is mount it , navigate to the file I need and move it across to where it needs to go. Hardly onerous! -- "I am inclined to tell the truth and dislike people who lie consistently. This makes me unfit for the company of people of a Left persuasion, and all women"
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-11 04:10 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-12 00:28 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-12 10:26 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:20 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:58 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:21 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-13 16:20 +1300
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:43 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 13:29 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-15 11:25 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:53 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 13:19 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 14:29 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 14:52 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-14 17:31 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:24 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:39 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 14:07 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-14 15:22 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> - 2021-01-14 20:08 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-15 08:34 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-18 17:57 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-19 13:37 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-21 18:06 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 10:15 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 15:16 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-11 15:31 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 18:05 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-12 00:31 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-01-12 12:19 -0500
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:09 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-11 10:25 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-12 00:35 +1300
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