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eschwartz · 08-10-2014, 01:08 PM

Regular backup snapshots do not need to take up more than 1X + new content space. A good backup system would hardlink backup files that haven't changed. Mike Rubel wrote up the initial guide: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/
and others have expanded/explained/modified it, example here: http://webgnuru.com/linux/rsync_incremental.php

This is also what Apple's Time Machine does.

08-10-2014, 01:08 PM	#20
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Regular backup snapshots do not need to take up more than 1X + new content space. A good backup system would hardlink backup files that haven't changed. Mike Rubel wrote up the initial guide: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ and others have expanded/explained/modified it, example here: http://webgnuru.com/linux/rsync_incremental.php This is also what Apple's Time Machine does. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-10-2014 at 01:13 PM.