suggestions to sync partitions

[Owen Townend]

On 14/04/2008, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Ubuntu  experts and users
> I am preparing my backup / restore strategy and would like to
> hear your suggestions how to get an comfortable/easy/fast way to
> have 2 partitons, i.e. original HOME and its backup on an USB HDD
> sync'ed !
>
> Is "rsync" a (good) solution too do or are you having other
> recommendations ?
>
> The best would be a script to have it sync'ed every time before shutdown
> automatically
> or called when needed !?
>
> Glad to hear and learn from you. :-)
>
> TIA and cheers, svobi
>
>
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Hey,
  Depends on your particular needs.
  Rsync is great and easy for syncing directories (rsync -avh /home/
/media/usb/home/)
  Another option is to use a subversion repository. Or you can use both
together:
  For my photos and music I use rsync as the quantity may change, but the
files themselves are (sans ID3 tags) static.
  For my Documents folder I have a subversion repository on my fileserver,
this keeps file versions, allows rollback and can show changes. To backup on
an external HDD you can just check out a copy to it.

cheers,
Owen.
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