Re: [Duplicity-talk] Does duplicity resume?

[Kenneth Loafman]

That would not be true resumability, but checkpointing (I know, a nit).
 You are correct.  That could be done every hour or so and would make
restart easier.

...Thanks,
...Ken

address@hidden wrote:
> 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
> -- 
> 
>> 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
>>   
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