I back up two OS X desktops, but neither is using Filevault. From BackupPC's perspective, they're just another ssh+rsync target, and perform as well as any Linux PC I've got.
I also back up multiple Linux machines using eCryptFS on ext4. Performance hit is negligible. Perhaps 95% (or better) of native ext3/4. I would be surprised if Filevault is much worse. In both cases, the user's home directory looks like a normal directory once they are logged in, and backs up as normal. Remember to exclude the encrypted eCryptFS/Filevault files themselves. Regards, Tyler On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 17:18 +0000, Marc North wrote: > Hi > > I am pretty new to Backuppc. I would like to see how Backuppc > performs in backing up Mac ( os x ) laptop users that have filevault > enabled. Does this work? > > Any experiences or advice would be very much appreciated. > > Marc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] List: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- "Religion is the opiate of the masses, so long as the masses are straight. However, amass a bunch of lesbians and you're going to need actual drugs." -- OKCupid Blog, with apologies to Karl Marx http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/gay-sex-vs-straight-sex/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
