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[Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?
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- From: bogstad at pobox.com (Bill Bogstad)
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 23:50:32 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <blu at nedharvey.com> wrote: >> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On >> Behalf Of Jack Coats >> >> Syncing is a form of backup IMHO. > > The reason why syncing is not a backup, is because if you delete a file, and the deletion gets replicated, you cannot recover the deleted file. > > Ability to recover deleted files (or old versions of files that have been overwritten) is a pretty important characteristic of a backup system. Some people would call that an archival system. While it is true that most backup systems allow you to recover deleted/old version of files, it's not clear that is a required part of a backup system in the strictest sense. Still it comes in handy and has been a typical feature of most backups systems so being aware of when it isn't available is well worth knowing. Bill Bogstad
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