Re: [Duplicity-talk] Resistance to corruption

[edgar . soldin]

On 11.11.2011 20:00, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11 12:08:23 PM address@hidden wrote:
> > On 11.11.2011 17:55, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> > > How much does duplicity resist some data corruption?
> > not at all
>
> > > Would it affect only the volume file corrupted, or even to files on other
> > > volumes?
> > one defect volume currently renders the whole chain from that backup
> > forward in time unusable
>
> Would it be worthwhile to discuss the use of something like par to generate
> parity files to help alleviate this issue? It wouldn't be part of duplicity (it
> shouldn't be) but rather as an add-on to a smart backup solution.

there should be a bug/question regarding this on launchpad. please comment 
there if possible. this comes up from time to time and we should collect the 
ideas ;) .. ede/duply.net