Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:32:37 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rsync and moving files [Re: backup w/ snapshots] Message-ID: <43131C85.1070100@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20050829161506.E2522@maren.thelosingend.net> References: <20050828234043.H22315@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050829161506.E2522@maren.thelosingend.net>
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Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > * Svein Halvor Halvorsen [2005-08-28 23:53 +0200] > >> Does this sound reasonable? Is there any precautions I should take? Are >> there any other tools better suited for the task at hand? > > > > I'm responding to my own message. > > Let's say I happen to move all music from /music/artist - album/ to > /music/artist/album. Even though a local snapshot would handle this well, > rsync would create new files on the remote machine, and when I then take a > snapshot there, it will be HUGE! isn't that the whole point of having a backup? to have *another* copy of your files? and I guess that yes, if the files are new in the remote system, when you take a snapshot the difference with the previous snapshot will be the size of the new data (only guessing from how snapshots work in Linux, so feel free to flame ..err..correct me :) ) Beto
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