On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:21 -0400 > Tom Holroyd <tomh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Show of hands: compress backups? Or 1:1 copy. > > What are you backing up, to what media, and what tools are you doing it with? > > The answer to your question depends on the above factors. I'm using BackupPC to back up all of my stuff, and I decided in the end to not use compression. I have a big enough external hard drive that it's not an issue (even with a few full and partial backups) and I figure it's mostly just wasted CPU time and electricity for my big binary files, which as Alan mentioned, are what eat up most of the space. reid
