On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:09:43 +0000, Les Mikesell wrote: ... > A backup made in an inconsistent state should exactly resemble the disk > files if the system lost power or crashed for another reason at that > point.
No, backups can contain inconsistencies that are impossible to create with a server crash. When, say, the svn server writes file A and B with a synchonization point in between, it is still possible for a backup to contain the old A and the new B. This can't happen in a crashed filesystem. Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800
