On 2017-05-09, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 12:03:14PM +0000, Curt wrote: >> Because someone mentioned Btrfs and its backup "magic," I'm looking at >> the wiki, which says (amongst other things): >> >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Incremental_Backup >> >> Instant, Atomic COW Snapshots >> Since the snapshots are atomic, when a snapshot is restored it appears to >> applications as if a power loss had occurred (and the filesystem has gone >> back >> to an earlier state). Thus it is possible to backup databases without >> stopping >> them beforehand. > > So, basically the same as LVM snapshots, which are independent of the > type of file system that sits on the LVM logical volume. > > But btrfs is an edge with more blood on it, so people are naturally > drawn to it. It's also more complicated. So it's *got* to be better!!! >
Put me down for uncomplicated. I'll probably just stick with rsyncing my home directory (which is all I'm interested in backing up) to external usb-attached volumes and be done with it.
