backup rsync

[Marcus Schopen]

Am Freitag, den 29.08.2014, 07:56 -0700 schrieb David R Bosso:
> --On August 29, 2014 at 4:27:57 PM +0200 Marcus Schopen 
> <lists at localguru.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm planing to use lvm snaps and rsync for a daily disaster recovery
> > backup on my master cyrus (2.4.12 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS):
> 
> Have you tested lvm snaps for this purpose yet?  When I tried to use lvm 
> snapshots in this way a few years ago, it absolutely killed performance on 
> the volume with the active snapshots.  Hopefully things have improved, but 
> I wouldn't bet on it.

Yes, I've tested it and don't see any performance problems while the
snaphot is active. My problem is how to backup about 140 GB mailspool in
an acceptable time slot. What tools are recommended?

If using rsync what options are best practice?

Ciao
Marcus