Re: [Duplicity-talk] Does duplicity resume?

[edgar . soldin]

In case resumability gets implemented someday:

Given the fact that a resumed backup can be seen as a string of 
incrementals. The first full request was interrupted now only missing 
(or inbetween changed) parts will be transferred.
Viewing at the problem from this angel there seems to be a kind of easy 
route in implementation.
At specific control points a temporary manifest (it holds the file meta 
data list right?) has to be uploaded. It indicates that a backup was 
underway and which data is already uploaded. The next backup routine 
finds it and can resume from the last manifest up to a final manifest.

Hope this makes sense... just wanted to write it down before I forget it 
.. regards ede
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> Hello
>
> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>   
> > Duplicity does not have a resume capability.  The suggested route is to
> > subdivide the backup into manageable chunks, said chunks being whatever
> > size you are willing to redo.  My general approach is to make each
> > backup less than about 4 hours.
> >
> >     
>
> FWIW, my monthly full backup takes about 10 hours (for 185GB of data)
> and I did not have any major problem so far (*knocking wood*), only
> difference is that I use FTP and not SCP...
>
> a+
> Nicolas
>