Re: git as backup/DRP; also meta-question about Majordomo

From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 4, 2009, 19:36 UTC
Message-ID: <76718490903041136h620ac07eq21f5970d2053acd2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <274eb6f0903040956t36580a8ayd269f74882724637@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Damon Getsman <dgetsman@amirehab.net> wrote:

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>  Hello!  :) I've got a couple of questions for y'all.
>
>  Q1: First of all, I'm being handed a project whereas I am to find and
> implement some sort of backup system across a wide range of various
> Linux hosts and a couple of windows machines.  This backup system is
> to basically be a 'pseudo-TimeVault' if you're familiar with Mac
> OS/X's current backup system.  I need to be able to roll back to any
> particular revision.

I think you may want something more like http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

You're going to run into issues with git if you have to store very large files. Also, if you need to delete a file from the backups for some reason, you may find it more difficult than you'd like (you have to use filter-branch and rewrite history).

I'm not saying it cannot be done with git, but you'll be using it for a purpose for which it was not intended.

You might also consider a filesystem which offers snapshots.

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>  Q2: I haven't found any way to tell the 'majordomo' mailing list
> software running this list that I am not happy receiving 40-60 emails
> in my business email inbox per day.  Of course I can use google to
> filter them, but I'd still rather just get a daily digest if this is
> at all possible.  Am I missing something obvious?

vger.kernel.org does not offer its lists in digested form. You can try reading the git mailing list via http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git, http://marc.info/?l=git, or consider signing up for a webmail account.

j.