Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Increments only

[Andrew Ferguson]

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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