[Ilugc] OAOD (unison)
- From: thescriptdevil@xxxxxxxxx (Ashok Gautham)
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:17:14 +0530
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 07:17:36PM +0530, Pratap Chakravarthy wrote:
Any comment on using a DVCS like hg, git, bazaar as an alternate for backup
tools ? Any pros and cons in doing so ?
Pros:
1. Multiple history levels
2. Great for text-only stuff
Cons:
1. Binaries aren't handled well. I remember reading that rsync's
delta algo works pretty well for these.
2. You normally need information only 1 version deep. Backups are
used to recover if for some reason the hard-disk fails
3. Space consumption will be waaaay more given that you have so
many versions
If you are still interested, search for phoenixfs on github. Ramkumar
Ramachandra [artagnon], implemented a versioning file-system based on
git.
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Ashok Gautham
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