|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
xen-users
Re: [Xen-users] Backup domU
Am 09.07.2011 um 12:17 schrieb Andrew McGlashan:
> The only issue with rsync with rsnapshot from what I can see, is for very
> large files that change frequently. You might end up having loads of copies
> of these large files and that would be painful in terms of storage and
> transfer. Take a 2TB Oracle datafile for instance; don't want to touch that
> right now with this method, but Oracle has other backup methods anyway .....
Yes, rsnapshot does deduplication by using hard links. This is file based
deduplication; what we really want is deduplication on block level, like e.g.
ZFS does.
For Linux, I came across lessfs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lessfs/files/).
Anyone here who can provide experiences with lessfs?
Rainer
_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
|
|
|
|
|