On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:06:39 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:

> > 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.
>
> It uses compression (gzip), but only for increments.

Exactly, the current data backed up is as on the original filesystem,
unencrypted and uncompressed. This does make for incredibly easy
restoration, needing only cp, but isn't really suitable for offsite use.
Duplicity is better in this respect, but uses excessive amounts of
bandwidth.


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