Re: [Duplicity-talk] par2 - what and when to use?

[MRob]

Thanks Mark. Has anyone tried like:

"par2+sftp://address@hidden/path";


On 2020-01-26 22:49, Mark Grandi wrote:
> Its parity information so in case a couple bits get flipped in the
> backup files, the parity information can be used to restore the data
>
> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive
>
> It should work on the ‘final’ output of the backup, so I feel like
> it should work if the backup isn’t encrypted and its just a .tar.gz
> file, but I have not tried it
>
> ~Mark
>
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> Subject: [Duplicity-talk] par2 - what and when to use?
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> Is par2 like a tar format with extra bits added to facilitate
> recovering
>
> corrupt files? Is protection against files corrupt inside the archive
> or
>
> corrupt archive file itself? Is there a easy to understands overview?
>
> I see to use it like "par2+gs://bucket" but I want to do some local
>
> backups that will use --no-encryption option and transport over sftp.
> Is
>
> still a good idea to do like "par2+sftp://address@hidden/path";?
>
> If par2 is very powerful ability to protect against corruption, why
>
> isn't it promoted more regular on duplicity website, manpage, mailing
>
> list? Shouldn't it be in more of the examples?
>
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