snapshot back-ups

[Derek D. Martin]

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I ordinarily don't post links from slashdot, but this topic came up
recently on this list, so I thought there might be some interest in
it.  If you like the netapp-style snapshots, you can (kinda) duplicate
the functionality with rsync.  Here's the link:

  http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

I only skimmed through it very briefly, so I won't comment on it other
than to say that I think the concept is interesting.  I also think
this is an example that shows the usefulness of rsync, a tool which
in my experience is very much under-utilized by system administrators,
often in favor of much more complicated or expensive software
packages.

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