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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by BonoboBoner on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @10:53AM (#3186994)
Or use TimeMachine if you are on a Mac.
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by wizard_2 on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @01:46PM (#3187995)
No, if TimeMachine screws up a file it stays screwed up for ever after every backup, there's no integrity checking. It also completly barfs on large files that change little by little. The best example of that is the entourage mail store, but any single file db will do. I've seen clients bit bad by these problems. Don't get me started on the time capsule...
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by sepposade on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @06:18PM (#3189202)
Option-click on the Time Machine menu to verify backups. Sleep well.
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by chernevik on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:03PM (#3188097)
What should we use instead?
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by dman on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @03:50PM (#3188641)
Linus's solution is to write software that people run and use daily.
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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by wtallis on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @05:23PM (#3188998)
Point your Time Machine backups at a NAS that's using ZFS with block-level deduplication.
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