Re: [tsc-devel] Status of server backups

Marvin Gülker | Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:48:51 UTC

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:37:21PM -0500, Sydney Dykstra wrote:
>  The 160GB backup HDD in my server that i store Alexandria's backups on
> was 85% full, so i ran the sync command with the --delete option, and
> now just have a current copy of what is on the Alexandria at the
> moment.

Thanks for storing the backups! It is always good to know that they're around.

>  I also copied the contents of the TSC backup HDD to a separate hard
> drive before I ran the rsync --delete command, and will keep that copy
> for 6 months or so (or longer if you all prefer, as long as space
> doesn't get too tight on that hard drive), in case we happen to need
> anything.

I personally don't think we need that old backups. After all, why would
one want to restore a 2 year old backup if a 1 month old backup is
available? Keeping more than one full backup usually prevents problems
in case that backup gets corrupted, but much more seems not useful to
me. xet7, does that sound sensible?

Greetings
Marvin (aka Quintus)

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