[ale] Quiet spinning drives?

[Chris Fowler]

> From: "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:27:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Quiet spinning drives?

> On 02/14/2017 05:53 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> > Now if only there was a way to image the whole machine while it was
> > still running. :)

> Also, if your rsync backups are NOT versioned, you're missing out on
> some very important protection. There's something about having 60-120
> days of versioned backups that helps me sleep. Sure, large media files
> don't get that versioning, but everything else does. Have about 20
> systems backed up to a 1.5TB disk. They wouldn't fit if I used images
> and the time needed to perform the backups would be much, much too long.
Are you making full rsync copies or using the hard link idea to create a system of versions? 
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