Subject: Re: Software for off-site backups
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/18/2007 13:47:23
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:30:49AM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> >But I'm wondering whether somebody else has already done that. And
> >it would of course not preserve the ownerships.
> 
> 	In a word ... "dirvish".

I see.

> ... but switched to dirvish for better configurability and easy of
> expiring

I took a look at "dirvish" and if I understood correctly it uses a
pull model where the backup server pulls data from the machine.
I would however prefer a push model.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/