On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:34:49 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:

> There are at least two drawbacks to using rsync for mirroring the local
> backup to a remote host:
>
>  - If your local backup becomes corrupt, then so does your remote
> backup, except if you are quick enough to disable the rsync step.

That's a potential problem with any form of backup, local or remote. The
truly paranoid would use two different backup methods on two physically
separate destinations.

>  - If you have disconnection during the rsync step (happened to me
> last night), your remote backup is temporarily corrupted.

That should be fixable by having the script that runs rsync check the
return value and try again if it fails.


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Neil Bothwick

The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.