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From: | roland |
Subject: | [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup vs. rsync(d) at the remote end |
Date: | Sat, 27 May 2006 13:24:40 +0200 |
Hello !while thinking about (and digging into) how rdiff-backup is working internally, i wonder a little bit about rdiff-backup being needed at the remote end.
wouldn`t rsync(d) be sufficient for this (in theory) ?i`m asking this, because it's a lot easier and more "lightweight" to install rsync(d) on the clients you need to backup.
regarding "what's being transferred over the wire or being done at the remote end" - can someone explain the difference between rdiff-backup and rsync and give a comment about possible replacement of rdiff-backup with rsync(d) ?
regards roland ps:actually, i even have one machine i need to rsync first to a local directory and rdiff-backup from that, because i'm not allowed to install python on that machine. so this takes twice the space on my backup machine.
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