Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@(protected):

> There is nothing wrong with tar. In fact tar is great for this job. dd
> not.

Depends. If you backup to tape, like you do, then the Tape Archiver
commonly called "tar" is the tool to use.

But if a backup to disk is done, tar is still a good tool for the job,
but IMO not the best tool available. Instead I'd suggest to use rsync.
Reason: It's easier to restore just a single file.

It's of course possible to restore single files from tar-balls as well,
but it's more complicated. Especially, if you're using incrementals. I'm
not saying that's impossible, but just, that it's harder than with rsync.

Best regards,

Michael

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