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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity is push/pull backup?
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Duplicity is push/pull backup? |
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Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:50:42 +0200 |
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On 02.08.2011 15:37, pradyumna dash wrote:
> Folks,
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> I would like to know whether duplicity is push backup or pull backup, I would
> like to have a design where the backup server fetch the data from the servers,
> is it possible by duplicity?
no duplicity backends are dumb file storages. duplicity is run on the box where
the source data is located (or attached to by network means e.g. sshfs).
>and also does the backup retain file attributes as original file,
yes (ownership,permissions)
>hard links,
no
>permissions,ownership etc.
yes
the backup has to be restored as root though to reset the attributes on the
restored files.
ede/duply.net