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Re:Time Machine-style Backups with rsync (2018) by NSUserDefaults on Monday February 02, 2026 @01:22AM (#46853035)
In that case you are supposed to use your /other/ backup. Which you have.
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Re:Time Machine-style Backups with rsync (2018) by DaSHacka on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:09AM (#46853626)
Defeating the point of deduplication...
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Re:Time Machine-style Backups with rsync (2018) by homebrewer on Monday February 02, 2026 @06:54AM (#46854970)
You don't have backups if you only have one "backup". Look up sysadmin's 3-2-1.
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Re:Time Machine-style Backups with rsync (2018) by NSUserDefaults on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:40AM (#46855923)
On a single drive, deduplicate all you want. But you need to have two drives, at least, anyway.
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