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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Increments only
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Andrew Ferguson |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Increments only |
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:11:34 +0100 |
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ulver wrote:
> Yeah I understand that, but I would have a central debian server
> which is my primary backup server running rdiff but I also need a
> secondary backup server (FTP) to which I could first send the whole
> data (compressed and encrypted) and later just the diffs so if the
> office goes up in flames I could restore the backup from the FTP?
No. The diffs are REVERSE-diffs, meaning that the repository ("the whole
data") gets updated on each backup. The diffs are stored to go backwards
in time, not forwards.
Again, you should check out Duplicity.
Andrew
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