Email Server Backup Strategy

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Hi,

On 10/2/20 8:37 pm, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote:
> On 09.02.2020 19:08, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>
>>
>> If rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync
>> off the snapshot?  (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file
>> systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump /
>> ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted*
>> backup file systems fwiw.
>>
>> I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't
>> worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should....
>
> But thinking again about it, doesn't snapshotting every time leads to
increased storage space?

After being hammered by dmarc reports, I've switched emails for this list.

My snapshots are temporary, so the storage for the short periods of use
is not a big deal.

Cheers

A.

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