On 31 Jan 2013, at 10:32, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 07:59:42AM +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
A combination of the disk/parition and file level backups is probable best, and also snap shots with LVM.
I would also agree with this statement. For file-level backups look at rsync and various rsync wrappers like rsnapshot, BackupPC. For partition level, you might want to look at LVM snapshots.
Hope this helps,
-- Suvayu
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I'd just like to clarify that LVM snapshots are not really a backup method in themselves. Snapshots provide functionality to enable a block device level (i.e. partition) backup to be taken on a live and changing filesystem by some method. They only exist for the length of time the actual backup takes.