From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from magic.merlins.org ([209.81.13.136]:47762 "EHLO mail1.merlins.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752308AbbGLDzv (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2015 23:55:51 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 20:55:23 -0700 From: Marc MERLIN To: Axel Burri Cc: Martin Steigerwald , linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Anyone tried out btrbk yet? Message-ID: <20150712035523.GI5274@merlins.org> References: <11148188.L9vtSMaNHV@merkaba> <559FA280.8090309@tty0.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <559FA280.8090309@tty0.ch> Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:46:24PM +0200, Axel Burri wrote: > On 2015-07-09 14:26, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > Well I may try it for one of my BTRFS volumes in addition to the rsync > > backup for now. I would like to give all options on command line, but well, > > maybe it can completely replace my current script if I put everything in its > > configuration. > > One reason why btrbk exists is that I wanted to have all my backups > configured in a config file. I use btrbk to backup several hosts to > several backup locations (around 20 subvolumes), which made setting > everything up with command-line options very cumbersome. > > For simpler setups you might be better off with command-line based tools > (e.g. Marcs "btrfs-subvolume-backup", which I like for it's smallness). I just had another look at btrbk, and it's obviously a lot more featureful. It's almost 10 times bigger in lines of code than btrfs-subvolume-backup :) Anyway, to others, if you're happy using a tool that just does that you need without having to dig into it and without you caring how btrfs send/receive, works, btrbk looks like the better choice. If you'd like something short-ish to look at and see how it works and/or want something simple in shell you can modify quickly, btrfs-subvolume-backup might be better for you. Hope that helps others. Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP 1024R/763BE901