Re: backup

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• Subject: Re: backup
• From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:12:03 +0000
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:21 -0400
Tom Holroyd <tomh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Show of hands: compress backups? Or 1:1 copy.

1:1 - and test them.

Two reasons 

- Most large data files (ogg etc) don't compress
- If I have to go to backup I want to maximise the probability of success

Alan

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