[Bio-linux-dev] bio-linux-backups

[Tim Booth]

Hi Tony,

Oops - thanks for spotting that.  I've made the small fix for now.

I'm keen to get your ETOH patch into the final 6.0 release, but before
putting it into the package I need to try and work out:

1) What is the maximum space that this backup scheme might need?

2) What happens if the space runs out?

3) What do I need to change in our instructions?
(http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/tools/bio-linux/other-bl-docs/backing-up-and-restoring#auto)

I'll look into this later in the week.  Does anyone else on this list
have comments on backups?  Do you rely on the internal backup system or
use something else?

Cheers,

TIM

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 15:22 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 17/05/10 09:32, Tim Booth wrote:
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > Yes, I changed the setup script to run 'mkfs.ext4' instead of
> > 'mkfs.ext3' as you suggested.
> >[...]
> 
> Hello, Tim.
> 
> Although /backups itself is now on an ext4 filesystem, your "backup" 
> script" does not detect or dump Bio-Linux on ext4 filesystems ;-)
> 
> Attached is a patch to show the differences between your backup script 
> and mine: I have a configuration file in /etc/default, and use ETOH.
> 
> Bye,
> 
>    Tony.
-- 
Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre 
at CEH Wallingford
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