Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC server
2009-06-02 17:15:56
Peter Walter wrote:
>
>> Somehow I don't see how having to install, tune, and maintain an
>> otherwise unneeded database fits into the concept of abstracting away
>> functionality. You have to live with filesystems anyway so you might as
>> well learn how to manage them.
>>
> Les has been a strong advocate for his position. However, backuppc as it
> is currently designed does not meet my need to remotely backup all kinds
> of computers, including other backuppc servers. I think the
> enhancements Jeffrey Kosowsky and I have outlined in this discussion
> would solve my problem, as well as a number of other problems, would
> significantly extend the functionality of backuppc, and also make it
> compatible with other platforms. I am therefore going to take this
> discussion over to the backuppc-devel and ask Craig what he and others
> over there think. Hopefully, I can sucker a perl developer to start
> coding it as an add-on to the current development release.
Backing up other backuppc servers is really a special case that might
deserve a special optimization. But, I'm not sure that adding a
database automatically makes it any easier - unless you are thinking of
a common database that could arbitrate a common hashed filename that is
unique across all instances for every piece of content. That's an
interesting idea but seems kind of fragile.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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