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[Duplicity-talk] Re: Duplicity best practices?
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Eric B. |
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[Duplicity-talk] Re: Duplicity best practices? |
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Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:40:08 -0400 |
"Ian Barton" <address@hidden> wrote in message
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> Benjamin Montgomery wrote:
>> I'm wondering if folks on this list would be willing to share
>> information on their use of Duplicity. I'm interested in what are the
>> best practices for a routine backup system.
>>
> Hi Ben,
>
> I have a page on my site at http://www.ian-barton.com/Linux/Duplicity
> which discusses this. I originally wrote this for my own reference. It
> needs updating, as duplicity now has slightly different command line
> options.
As a newbie myself, I think it is a very good primer into duplicity. It
basically covers everything that I have had to learn in the last 2-3 days,
so it is a very good intro. One thing I did see missing however, that could
be a useful addition, is the use of duplicity verify after a backup.
I'm just trying to figure out how to use that effectively myself. Right
now, my script runs the verify but always fails. I have to do additional
testing and see where the problems lie, but I would think/expect that good
buisness practice would require a full verify after any backup to ensure
that the backup was done properly and is successful. However, I am not sure
what to do if a verify fails; does one delete the most recent backup and try
again?
The other thing I saw "missing" is a discussion relating to the --volsize
parameter. I have given this a lot of consideration, and I get the feeling
that keeping the backup in a single volume is the best method; my reasoning
being that there would be less chance of finding a corrupt piece. However,
I am not entirely sure about this theory and would love to hear
feedback/comments about it. For my needs, I am backing up to a local NAS so
I don't need to worry about slow network transfers, however, I don't know if
a single volume is good for remote uploads or not. Any thoughts?
Those are my biggest points that I thought of when reading your page.
Thanks again,
Eric
Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity best practices?, Benjamin Montgomery, 2008/03/14