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On Friday 22 Oct 2004 15:15, Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote: |
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> Nigel Marsh wrote: |
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> >Jose, |
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> >[...] |
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> >As to reverting to a given date. The short answer (unusual for me ;)) is |
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> > No... The longer answer is, according the developments on the mailing |
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> > list it will do soon. |
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> Well, I had that feeling. The final question: let's say that |
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> somebody deletes a bunch of files that shouldn't be deleted. You told |
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> that the backup system informs of changes every hour or so, so I assume |
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> those files will also be deleted on the backed up system, am I wrong? If |
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> this is the case, and you notice the problem a few hours later, is there |
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> any way to recover those files? That's why I was asking about recovering |
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> the state for a given date/time. |
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No, they will be kept on the backup server and be marked as having been |
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deleted on the client. When the allocated space is filled up on the backup |
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server then the oldest deleted files will be deleted from the server first. |
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So the time a deleted file remains on the server is down to allocated drive |
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space and is analogous to tape. When you run out of tape space, you either |
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add more storage or you start rotating backup media. |
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Also old versions of files are kept so that you can jump back say 3 weeks to |
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an old version of a file. |
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If you needed to know more about the internals of it then the mailing list, |
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which is a low volume with the odd flurry of activity, would be your best |
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bet. Questions are generally answered pretty quickly. |
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> >On the server side, you have no access to this data. You need to keep a |
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> > client key safe to rebuild a totally dead client so that it can restore |
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> > and start again where you left off. |
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> >Sorry, got carried away and probably went way over what was needed to |
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> > answer your question. Must be this new coffee I'm drinking. ;) |
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> Not at all. Your answer has been very informative, and will help me |
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> a lot in making my mind in my final decission about backup software. |
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> Thanks a lot for your kindly response... and tell us about that new |
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> coffee, I think it may help us on overnight system failures ;o) |
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I don't know, it is in a silver unnamed bag and I got 10kg cheap from a car |
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boot sale. :) |
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It's very good though. |
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> >Nige |
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> Best regards |
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> Jose |
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Nige |
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-- |
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The man who runs may fight again. |
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-- Menander |
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