[wplug] Back-up Scheme for large data

Vance Kochenderfer vkochend at nyx.net
Fri Jun 7 23:53:08 EDT 2013


There is another tool which uses the rsync algorithm to detect
changes, but maintains a history so you can restore from a
particular point in time.  It's called duplicity
<http://duplicity.nongnu.org/>.

Keep in mind that if you are backing up something like a database,
you'll need to take special measures to ensure the file is in a
consistent state.

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