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rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility. It can take incremental
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snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.
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Local filesystem snapshots are handled with rsync(1). Secure remote
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connections are handled with rsync over ssh(1), while anonymous rsync
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connections simply use an rsync server. Both remote and local transfers
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depend on rsync.
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rsnapshot saves much more disk space than you might imagine. The amount
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of space required is roughly the size of one full backup, plus a copy of
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each additional file that is changed. rsnapshot makes extensive use of
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hard links, so if the file doesn't change, the next snapshot is simply a
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hard link to the exact same file.
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