24 Oct
2012
24 Oct
'12
14:06
On Sun, 2012-10-21 at 14:39 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 3:30 AM, ellanios82wrote: > > Could it make sense to PREFER to run Linux as a Virtual Machine?? > > { thus, for example, one might install openSuSE 12.2 as ones foundation, > > and Next, install a Virtual Machine, > > then, Finally install another instance of openSuSE 12.2 on ones Virtual > > Machine upon which Virtual Machine > > one would do ALL ones work} > The instant VM snapshots do NOT make redundant copies of the data. Thus > - instant backups protect from user errors, etc. > - do NOT protect from hardware failure > So it depends why you're making backups. I would say many of us worry > about disk failures, etc. For that you need to get your full backup > onto alternate media. These same properties can be acquired without a virtual machine. LVM provides snapshots, and btrfs provides snapshots. I've been using LVM snapshots of data directories for years, it works great. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org