From: Tim Boyer 

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:11:15 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Tim Boyer"  wrote in message
>news:roorovghqc42jjhbh0b9ijj4sa8kqmd97p{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I'm doing a backup of critical stuff to home three times a day.
>> Granted it's only about 2 gb, but it takes only ten minutes - and
>> nobody on either end notices any slowdown.
>
>2gb in 10 minutes? how does it do a restore?
>
>Geo.
>

Ah, but remember - it's doing only a 'backup the bits that have changed'
kind of thing.  So the first time I back up, it takes forever.  But I only
have to do that once. After that, I'm backing up only what's changed.

My initial backup is 2 gig, to a single directory.  I called that directory
'Morning', and copied it to 'Afternoon' and 'Evening'.

Then I do an rsync at 7:00 AM, noon, and 4:00 PM.  I'm really only
changing, let's see... 10 or so megabytes of data.  But the net effect is
to have three backups each day.

A restore?  I've never had to do a 'suck the whole thing back over the net'
restore.  But I've sure had to bring back individual files, and that works
like a charm.


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Tim Boyer
tim{at}denmantire.com

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