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[Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?



On 9/26/2015 11:50 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> 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.

History is necessary for a backup system in the strictest sense. The 
purpose of a backup system is disaster recovery: restoring a system or 
data to a good, working, usable state. If your data are corrupted and 
your one deep history is of that corrupted data then the backup cannot 
be used for recovery. History is necessary to restore a system or data 
to a known or discoverable good point.

-- 
Rich P.



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