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On Monday, August 15, 2011 09:58:00 PM Grant wrote: |
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> I'm setting up an automated rdiff-backup system and I'm stuck between |
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> pushing the backups to the backup server, and pulling the backups to |
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> the backup server. If I push, I have to allow read/write access of my |
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> backups via SSH keys. If I pull, I have to enable root logins on each |
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> system to be backed-up, allow root read access of each system via SSH |
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> keys, and I have to deal with openvpn or ssh -R so my laptop can back |
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> up from behind foreign routers. The conventional wisdom online seems |
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> to indicate pulling is better, but pushing seems like it might be |
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> better to me. Do you push or pull? |
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I would push, to be honest. |
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You can seperate the backups by giving each system a different account where |
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to store the backups. |
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This way you can also have better control over when to do the backup. If your |
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laptop hooks up via VPN just to quickly check email over an expensive or slow |
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link, you might not want the backup to start downloading all the pictures you |
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took during the holiday or that 300-page manuscript you wrote for your book. |
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