Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Append Only Backup

[Alex Samad]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 04:36:57PM -0800, Aleksandr Levchuk wrote:
> Dear rdiff-backup community,
> 
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> The only thing that I have yet to figure out is:
>   1. A way to allow a push incremental backup to Container A
>       while storing the majority of the data as read-only.

I think you need to read how rdiff-backup works, I don't think it will
be able to do what you want. it keeps a current copy of files and keeps
deltas to make up previous backup points

> 
>   2. A script running in Container B that will periodically
>       move the backup data from the read-write (MP1) to read-only (MP2).
> 
> 
> Is there a way to use rdiff-backup to make a new increment file while
> the backup directory is read-only?
> 
> How would I "rebuild" the backup directory using such an increment file?
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
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> * Containers are also knows as "jails", they are basically:
>    chroot'ed environments + process isolation + network isolation
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