[Discuss] rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of John Abreau
> 
> I've never liked the way rsnapshot handles the additional levels of
> snapshots. As I recall, the most recent weekly was several weeks old, the
> most recent monthly  was always several months old, etc.

That depends on your config.  The way I set things up, I have 23 hourly, 7 daily, 4 weekly.  If you had something like 336 hourly, 28 daily, then as you described, your latest weekly would be several weeks ago.

With my configuration, I get snapshot dates as follows:

Nov  2 01:00 weekly.3/
Nov  9 01:00 weekly.2/
Nov 16 01:00 weekly.1/
Nov 23 01:00 weekly.0/
Nov 28 01:00 daily.6/
Nov 29 01:00 daily.5/
Nov 30 01:00 daily.4/
Dec  1 01:00 daily.3/
Dec  2 01:00 daily.2/
Dec  3 01:00 daily.1/
Dec  4 01:00 daily.0/
Dec  4 11:00 hourly.22/
Dec  4 12:00 hourly.21/
Dec  4 13:00 hourly.20/
Dec  4 14:00 hourly.19/
Dec  4 15:00 hourly.18/
Dec  4 16:00 hourly.17/
Dec  4 17:00 hourly.16/
Dec  4 18:00 hourly.15/
Dec  4 19:00 hourly.14/
Dec  4 20:00 hourly.13/
Dec  4 21:00 hourly.12/
Dec  4 22:00 hourly.11/
Dec  4 23:00 hourly.10/
Dec  5 00:00 hourly.9/
Dec  5 01:00 hourly.8/
Dec  5 02:00 hourly.7/
Dec  5 03:00 hourly.6/
Dec  5 04:00 hourly.5/
Dec  5 05:00 hourly.4/
Dec  5 06:00 hourly.3/
Dec  5 07:00 hourly.2/
Dec  5 08:00 hourly.1/
Dec  5 09:00 hourly.0/