30 Dec
2016
30 Dec
'16
2:49 p.m.
On 30/12/16 15:38, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Andy,
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 02:07:56PM +0000, Andy Bennett wrote:
I back up everything, I use btrbk and btrfs-snapshots to a server at
home. It does incremental backups on a block-basis and is insanely fast.
I does require one to run btrfs both on the VM and the
backup-destination though (actually, the destination could be
btrfs-images, but I've never tried that). And a certain organization of
btrfs-subvolumes at the source.
It's a bit hard to get going the first time, but it is VERY nice once
it's up and running.
- OM
Optimise for speed and ease of restoration: back
up everything
I think the constantly-changing files like log files will interact
very badly with BitFolk's backup system and result in the need to
purchase very large amounts of storage. Much as I would enjoy the
increase in sales of storage, I expect this strategy will only be
feasible with the "unlimited backup space" type providers.
Crashplan, etc.
Which service do you use to back up your VPS(es) in this way? Maybe
you could add to the wiki article…