Re: [ILUG] Backing up to disk

From: Colm MacCárthaigh (colmmacc at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Sat 14 Sep 2002 - 00:31:22 IST


On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 10:55:34AM +1200, Andrew Kemmy wrote:
> I'd just like to add this for those suggesting using dump as a backup :
> It seems it's unsupported ;0

on ext2/3 :) xfs on the other hand has excellent dump capabilities,
it's also got some great features like filesystem ACL's fully working,
a good journaling imlementation. It's worth giving it a look in
for systems where this kind of thing matters.

Now if only Linux had filesystem snapshots.

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