Rsnapshot made my external disk run out of space
I have Rsnapshot doing incremental backups from Client1 to Server1 (RAID 5) within folder "BACKUP".
On Server 1, tonight, I copied the "BACKUP"to an external disk for the first time using the command rsync -av --whole-file --delete /home/Server1/Backup /mnt/zeusExt/Server1/Backup. The command aborted on "Disk Full", even though the RAID on Server1 is 4TB and the external disk is also 4TB.
So I decided to do a du -h on the "BACKUP" folder (1.2TB) on the RAID and on the "BACKUP" folder on the external disk (492GB).
As you can see, the two sizes are not matching. Any clues as to why this may be? Is this to do with the hard links business that Rsnapshot uses? Is there a way to replicate the "BACKUP" folder on Server1 to its equivalent on the external disk using rsync (I guess there must be some option that I'm missing ...)?
Thanks
rsync hard-link rsnapshot
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I have Rsnapshot doing incremental backups from Client1 to Server1 (RAID 5) within folder "BACKUP".
On Server 1, tonight, I copied the "BACKUP"to an external disk for the first time using the command rsync -av --whole-file --delete /home/Server1/Backup /mnt/zeusExt/Server1/Backup. The command aborted on "Disk Full", even though the RAID on Server1 is 4TB and the external disk is also 4TB.
So I decided to do a du -h on the "BACKUP" folder (1.2TB) on the RAID and on the "BACKUP" folder on the external disk (492GB).
As you can see, the two sizes are not matching. Any clues as to why this may be? Is this to do with the hard links business that Rsnapshot uses? Is there a way to replicate the "BACKUP" folder on Server1 to its equivalent on the external disk using rsync (I guess there must be some option that I'm missing ...)?
Thanks
rsync hard-link rsnapshot
asked 3 hours ago
MiniTux
113
If it's hardlinks, then addrsync -H(preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...
– frostschutz
3 hours ago
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I have Rsnapshot doing incremental backups from Client1 to Server1 (RAID 5) within folder "BACKUP".
On Server 1, tonight, I copied the "BACKUP"to an external disk for the first time using the command rsync -av --whole-file --delete /home/Server1/Backup /mnt/zeusExt/Server1/Backup. The command aborted on "Disk Full", even though the RAID on Server1 is 4TB and the external disk is also 4TB.
So I decided to do a du -h on the "BACKUP" folder (1.2TB) on the RAID and on the "BACKUP" folder on the external disk (492GB).
As you can see, the two sizes are not matching. Any clues as to why this may be? Is this to do with the hard links business that Rsnapshot uses? Is there a way to replicate the "BACKUP" folder on Server1 to its equivalent on the external disk using rsync (I guess there must be some option that I'm missing ...)?
Thanks
rsync hard-link rsnapshot
asked 3 hours ago
MiniTux
113
I have Rsnapshot doing incremental backups from Client1 to Server1 (RAID 5) within folder "BACKUP".
On Server 1, tonight, I copied the "BACKUP"to an external disk for the first time using the command rsync -av --whole-file --delete /home/Server1/Backup /mnt/zeusExt/Server1/Backup. The command aborted on "Disk Full", even though the RAID on Server1 is 4TB and the external disk is also 4TB.
So I decided to do a du -h on the "BACKUP" folder (1.2TB) on the RAID and on the "BACKUP" folder on the external disk (492GB).
As you can see, the two sizes are not matching. Any clues as to why this may be? Is this to do with the hard links business that Rsnapshot uses? Is there a way to replicate the "BACKUP" folder on Server1 to its equivalent on the external disk using rsync (I guess there must be some option that I'm missing ...)?
Thanks
rsync hard-link rsnapshot
rsync hard-link rsnapshot
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MiniTux
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MiniTux
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asked 3 hours ago
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If it's hardlinks, then addrsync -H(preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...
– frostschutz
3 hours ago
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If it's hardlinks, then addrsync -H(preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...
– frostschutz
3 hours ago
If it's hardlinks, then add
rsync -H (preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...– frostschutz
3 hours ago
If it's hardlinks, then add
rsync -H (preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...– frostschutz
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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If it's hardlinks, then add
rsync -H(preserve hard links). There's also -S sparse, -A ACL, -X extended attributes ...– frostschutz
3 hours ago