On Sunday 16 November 2008 12:31:16 William Kenworthy wrote: > * app-backup/dirvish > Latest version available: 1.2.1 > Latest version installed: 1.2.1 > Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest] > Homepage: http://www.dirvish.org/ > Description: Dirvish is a fast, disk based, rotating network > backup system. > License: OSL-2.0 > > Its worth a read on how its done - using smarts rather than brute force!
So the basic premise is that backups are done frequently and need to be efficient, whereas restores are only done in the event of a mistake. Less efficient restores is then a fair trade? I see people get this wrong all the time at work. They assume that backups are some sort of rapid shared storage system. Which of course it isn't. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
