From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mondschein.lichtvoll.de ([194.150.191.11]:38395 "EHLO mail.lichtvoll.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755795Ab3EYL4J (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 May 2013 07:56:09 -0400 Received: from merkaba.localnet (ppp-93-104-137-191.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.137.191]) by mail.lichtvoll.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0D69DB9 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 13:55:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Steigerwald To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Virtual Device Support ("N-way mirror code") Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 13:56:08 +0200 Message-ID: <1570666.3pXJkQoCA4@merkaba> In-Reply-To: References: <518CFE3A.3080900@chinilu.com> <1823670.hMFQUu2mCu@merkaba> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Freitag, 24. Mai 2013, 06:13:04 schrieb Duncan: > > 2) Due to snapshots I know have well snapshots for my backup. And even > > on SSD for my /home. I am not yet creating those in an automated way, > > but well I do use them. > > As I already mentioned the warning on the wiki, do be aware of the > limitations of snapshots. They're NOT the same as separate backups. I > believe you know that already and just didn't mention it, but I'm worried > about others who might come across your comment. Well, a snapshot is not a backup. Just like a RAID is also not a backup. :) -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7