Re: [rdiff-backup-users] SpecialFileError, UpdateError

[Felix E. Klee]

At Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:37:44 +0200,
roland wrote:
> > of data.  The destination is a LinkStation (a 400 MHz MIPSel
> > computer with the backup HD) and, as it looks, its CPU is utilized
> > more than 90% during that hour.
> do you use that storage via nfs mount or smb mount this time ?

No, I'm using OpenSSH now, and IIRC I also used it for the initial rdiff
dump.  Before OpenSSH, I had dropbear running on the box, but it
performed very bad.

I'm not using nfs nor smb.

> >I wonder whether I should simply revert to "rsnapshot" or "star" for
> >doing backups
> main advantage of rdiff-backup is it`s really small sized increments.
> if you can live with bigger increments, then other solutions _may_ be
> better.

With "star" the increments can be as small as one wants them to be.
There is a difference in backup strategy though, and with "star" one
generally takes the more traditional approach of different dump levels
(monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, etc.).

-- 
Felix E. Klee