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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted backups under Gentoo

Neil Bothwick

2008-04-18

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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:44:05 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:

> >  - If your local backup becomes corrupt, then so does your remote
> > backup, except if you are quick enough to disable the rsync step.
>
> That's why I use rdiff-backup.

rdiff-backup isn't really suitable for offsite backups because it uses no
compression, making the space and bandwidth requirements double those of
other methods. It also uses no encryption.

Duplicity is by the same author and is aimed more at offsite backups.


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Neil Bothwick

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