that is a good point. Being about the mount the borg repo and pull out a specific file is very useful. Not sure I would do it as a bloc device since I don’t think there is an easy way to see specific files.
Backing up via snapborg allows you to see file structure, because actually it is a file-based backup. snapper here allows me to separate snapshot creation from actual backups.
With snapshots it costs nothing if the OS files don’t change much
You misunderstood my question, because what you said is true either way with borg.
The question is, what is the advantage of backing up the whole subvolume “block device” vs just / file structure.
Oh i see.
that is a good point. Being about the mount the borg repo and pull out a specific file is very useful. Not sure I would do it as a bloc device since I don’t think there is an easy way to see specific files.
Backing up via snapborg allows you to see file structure, because actually it is a file-based backup.
snapperhere allows me to separate snapshot creation from actual backups.deleted by creator