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Re: [opensuse] rsync questions - backups - again !
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:43:26 +0100 (CET)
- Message-id: <alpine.LSU.0.9999.0712081440480.5956@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Saturday 2007-12-08 at 16:14 +1030, Rodney Baker wrote:
Which means that if you clone the backup of an 100GB disk to a new 200GB disk, you will have 100GB and the empty space will not be accesible.
Plus, dd will clone also whitespace, which is a waste.
Minus, rsync is way faster, after the first time.
- -- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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The Saturday 2007-12-08 at 16:14 +1030, Rodney Baker wrote:
I agree. dd will allow you to copy an entire partition block by block. This is
good if you are replacing a hard drive and want to keep the partition layout
the same.
Which means that if you clone the backup of an 100GB disk to a new 200GB disk, you will have 100GB and the empty space will not be accesible.
Plus, dd will clone also whitespace, which is a waste.
Minus, rsync is way faster, after the first time.
- -- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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