[mythtv-users] A MythTV backup proposal

[Mitch Gore]

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:41 AM, David Segall <david at segall.net> wrote:

> I recently posted on the subject of MythTV backup
> <http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/327389#327389> and
> received responses advocating everything from enterprise level backup
> and servers to "it's only TV".  I found the former too expensive and the
> latter barely credible from anyone who expends the effort maintaining a
> MythTV system and following this mailing list.
>
> The backup of operating system and database data is assumed and well
> covered in the MythTV Wiki. I want to ensure that my backup also
> includes recorded TV to the extent I can afford. I would like a script
> that copies the recorded TV using the available backup space and
> following exactly the same rules as my MythTV setup would use if it had
> the same amount of space. That implies that if a program has been
> deleted it would also be deleted from the backup. I would probably also
> want to exclude some news programs that I only record in case something
> interesting happens.
>
> I would be interested in your opinions. For example, would you change
> MythTV's expiry rules if you had substantially more, or less, disk space?
>
> --
> David
>
> _______________________________________________
>

Look at rsync.  You could set up a cron job to sync the two folders/drives
every hour or two.

Mitchell
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