Adam writes: > I must admit I agree with Bruno on this matter, and am personally VERY > interested in seeing such a feature in BackupPC, but I don't think > it's worth my while forgoing the other excellent features of BackupPC > by using another solution such as rdiff-backup to gain it. Under > certain usage scenarios such as the one Bruno describes differential > storage can give massive storage space benefits. Another example is > those working on digital video and image editing: enormous files that > may have many GB of history that doesn't change despite other parts of > the file changing or being added to. As Bruno says another advantage > is competition with commercial products, as it's a listed feature for > many of them. > > It is in fact mentioned in the roadmap at > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/roadMap.html , right down > the bottom, as "speculative" due to the apparent large amount > of effort needed to get it working. Seems as though that > roadmap is a little out of date though- I think at least the > first two items are now done right?
Yes, the todo list is out of date. > Still, even the 15-20% storage gain on an average large pool mentioned > there isn't to be taken THAT lightly ;-) Sure, but it really does require a significant set of changes. My long term plan would be to combine this with implementing time-reverse deltas to store the backups. That's a major rewrite that would also be incompatible with current pools. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
