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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] multiple archive hardlink space saving?
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Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] multiple archive hardlink space saving? |
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:35:22 +0200 |
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On 08/19/2009 05:24 PM, Joshua Jensen wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Alexander 'Leo'
> Bergolth<address@hidden> wrote:
>> You should be able to use a hardlinking utility like freedup,
>> hardlink.py, hardlink or hardlink++ on the destination filespace after
>> having backed up with rdiff-backup.
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> Yes, but that only solves half the problem. Sure, I could run a
> hardlinker util and the *storage* space problem is solved However,
> the *transfer* problem isn't solved. When I backup a new machine, all
> those files in common are still transferred instead of simply
> hardlinked.
You could clone the backup-destination of an existing box before
starting the first backup on a new machine. (Untested.)
Cheers,
--leo
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