rsync and deleted files

[der.hans]

Am 08. Sep, 2009 schwätzte Bob Elzer so:

> Sorry about your files, I'll point out one mistake you did, that I see so
> often.
>
> A lot of people seem to backup to the same tape/disk/media every time they
> do a backup.
>
> I always ask them, what happens if in the middle of that backup, you system
> dies. You are now left with a dead system and an incomplete backup, you just
> overwrote you good backup killing it when the system died.

What happens if your data center burns down during the backup?

http://www.designwyse.com.au/general/fire/index.php

See the last two sections of the Monday, 2007Jul30, entry.

ciao,

der.hans
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