Re: Backup using lvm snapshot on linux

2006-02-02 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 10:36 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Tuesday 31 January 2006 09:47, Timo Veith wrote: > > Which way would you recommend for copying: rsync, tar, cp or whatever? I > > am concerned about the databases that cyrus uses. Will they they be > > consistent afterwards. Is there an

Re: Backup using lvm snapshot on linux

2006-01-31 Thread John Madden
>> Is that an allusion to the "experimental" status of dm-snapshots in the >> linux kernel or just a general statement? :) > > It was a slight linux dig (me being a FreeBSD person), but in general if you > really care about your emails then working snapshots are a good thing :) As a user of lvm sn

Re: Backup using lvm snapshot on linux

2006-01-31 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 19:06, Timo Veith wrote: > Am Dienstag 31 Januar 2006 01:06 schrieben Sie: > > The critical thing would be that you did a snapshot though.. (and your > > snapshot implementation works :) > > Is that an allusion to the "experimental" status of dm-snapshots in the > linux k

Re: Backup using lvm snapshot on linux

2006-01-31 Thread Timo Veith
Am Dienstag 31 Januar 2006 01:06 schrieben Sie: > The critical thing would be that you did a snapshot though.. (and your > snapshot implementation works :) Is that an allusion to the "experimental" status of dm-snapshots in the linux kernel or just a general statement? :) Timo Cyrus Home Pa

Re: Backup using lvm snapshot on linux

2006-01-30 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 09:47, Timo Veith wrote: > Which way would you recommend for copying: rsync, tar, cp or whatever? I > am concerned about the databases that cyrus uses. Will they they be > consistent afterwards. Is there anything I have to be aware of or do > before? I don't want to break