tried a git based backup? sounds spot-on as a compromise prior to applying btrfs tweaks. snapshotting the git binaries would have the dedupe characteristics. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Kai Krakow <hurikhan77+btrfs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jan Schmidt <list.btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > >>> I'm using an bash/rsync script[1] to backup my whole system on a nightly >>> basis to an attached USB3 drive into a scratch area, then take a snapshot >>> of this area. I'd like to have these snapshots immutable, so they should >>> be read-only. >> >> Have you considered using btrfs send / receive for that purpose? You would >> just save the dedup step. > > This is planned for later. In the first step I want to stay as file system > agnostic for the source as possible. But I've put it on my todo list in the > gist. > > Regards, > Kai > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
