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Full disk image backups are a good solution for this problem. No worries about partial backups or a complex restoration process. It's totally inefficient but st
by jsz0 17y ago
Full disk image backups are a good solution for this problem. No worries about partial backups or a complex restoration process. It's totally inefficient but storage is cheaper than man hours.
- peterwwillis 17y agoI'm assuming you're talking about some kind of atomic file-or-block-level backup such as LVM snapshots? Large files such as databases can change while reading them over a long period of time, so a standard disk image or file copy wouldn't be reliable for a live system.
- ryanpetrich 17y agozfs send/receive is amazing. I wish other filesystems had it