According to Rodney Richison, > > > Lubos Vrbka wrote: > > > hi, > > > >> I was planing to use rsync with SSH on Windows and the Linux server > >> and schedule the script to copy the files/folders to a Debian based > >> Linux server in the following folder structure: > >> > >> /backup/Monday/server > >> /backup/Monday/ws01 > >> /backup/Monday/ws02 > >> /backup/Monday/ws03 > >> . > >> . > >> /backup/Tuesday/server > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws01 > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws02 > >> /backup/Tuesday/ws03 > >> . > >> . > >> > >> This would mean I'd need the Debian server storage capacity would > >> need to be at least 200 GB x 7 = 1.4 TB. > >> > >> Question: Is there a better way to do what I'm doing? And is there > >> already a piece of software that exists on the NET that does what I'm > >> doing better and I should trying to re-invent the wheel? :-) > > > > > rsnapshot should do it.
That looks like an outstanding new app. It appears to implement the technique I use (which I got from Linux Journal I think), which is to make mirror-tree of hardlinks before running an 'rsync --delete' . That lets you save space by storing each unchanged file only once. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]