Craig Barratt wrote at about 21:08:30 -0700 on Sunday, June 23, 2013:
> Also, you note a number of features that should significantly speed up
> > backups (including rsync 30, c-code, --checksum flag, etc.). Have you
> > done any benchmarking relative to v3.x?
>
>
> It depends. For slow cl
>
> Would appending the file size to the md5 (either literally or
> notionally) further decrease the astronomically small chance of a
> non-purposely constructed collision?
I don't think so. Also, it would also cause the digests to be different
from the full-file digests in rsync 3.X. (In Backu
Hi Daniel
I think backupPC is a good solution for your backupPC instead github. For
me , I do not want to waste my bandwidth to upload to internet. The backup
processing could take weeks.
For me , I used a used machine(5 years ago) and installed ubuntu server.
The initial setup will be a little b
Craig Barratt wrote at about 18:10:37 -0700 on Sunday, June 23, 2013:
> BackupPC community,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that BackupPC 4.0.0alpha0 has been released on
> SourceForge at:
AWESOME!!!
> - Uses full-file MD5 digests, which are stored in the directory attrib
> files.
>Eac
BackupPC community,
I'm pleased to announce that BackupPC 4.0.0alpha0 has been released on
SourceForge at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/files/backuppc-beta/4.0.0alpha0/
4.0.0 is a significant upgrade and rewrite. It should be backward
compatible with existing installations.
The r
On 24/06/13 00:02, Doug Lytle wrote:
> Daniel Carrera wrote:
>> Anyway, that's my situation. I would love to hear any general advice
>> you can offer. Do you think I should try with BacupPC? Is there
>> another backup option that you'd recommend instead?
> If you have the space and the capabilities
Hi Daniel
On 23.06.2013 15:13, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to ask an opinion question: Do you think BackupPC is a
> sensible backup solution for personal, non-enterprise,
> only-one-computer use?
Yes, I use it both ways, in the company for enterprise wide backups and
at home for
Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Anyway, that's my situation. I would love to hear any general advice
> you can offer. Do you think I should try with BacupPC? Is there
> another backup option that you'd recommend instead?
If you have the space and the capabilities to do so, I don't see why
not. I use it
Hi all,
I'd like to ask an opinion question: Do you think BackupPC is a
sensible backup solution for personal, non-enterprise,
only-one-computer use?
I am an astronomer. I produce a fair amount of data that I want backed
up and I frequently rename directories that contain 60 - 300 GB of
data. Obv
