On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote:
> 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.

it is a matter of taste - but anyway everything is better than dd ;)
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