Re: [PLUG] Backups vs Copies: was Avoid Arvixe at all costs!

[christopher barry <christopher.r.barry@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:54:10 -0400
PaulNM <plug@paulscrap.com> wrote:

> On 03/16/2017 08:12 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> 
> >
> > Very nice!
> >
> > I'll investigate duplicity, and right away I'll investigate using
> > GnuPG instead of the very messy and Linux-only LUKS.
> >  
> 
> I'd also suggest looking into rdiff-backup and/or rsnapshot. Both are 
> powerful backup/archival mechanisms that allow you to store many
> backups while using far less space than making multiple copies of an
> rsync'd folder.
> 
> -- PaulNM
> 

Totally +1 rsnapshot. I've been doing hourly backups for man, many years
with it. Simple and very effective.

-C
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