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From: "James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:25:01 +0000
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Subject: [9fans] Venti off-site backups
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I see several threads about how people are cloning their Venti
servers to remote Venti servers as a means of creating a backup.

Reading over the man pages, I assume it's also possible to do
something like use rdarena to dump an arena out, encrypt it, and
put the encrypted arena into a remote service like Amazon S3.

On my Mac OS X machine I use something called Arq that can
store the data in Amazon Glacier, which is an ideal fit for true
"disaster scenario" backups (vs. day-to-day backups you might
need to access on some regular frequency).

However, I see some emails warning about using rdarena/wrarena
versus simply copying a fossil, so I'm wondering if there are issues
I'm not picking up from my reading of the man pages.  I can also
see there are various threads complaining about the stability of
venti+fossil, but then there are others saying it's stable and works
great.


Jim

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enti<div>servers to remote Venti servers as a means of creating a backup.</=
div><div><br></div><div>Reading over the man pages, I assume it&#39;s also =
possible to do</div><div>something like use rdarena to dump an arena out, e=
ncrypt it, and</div><div>put the encrypted arena into a remote service like=
 Amazon S3.</div><div><br></div><div>On my Mac OS X machine I use something=
 called Arq that can</div><div>store the data in Amazon Glacier, which is a=
n ideal fit for true</div><div>&quot;disaster scenario&quot; backups (vs. d=
ay-to-day backups you might</div><div>need to access on some regular freque=
ncy).</div><div><br></div><div>However, I see some emails warning about usi=
ng rdarena/wrarena</div><div>versus simply copying a fossil, so I&#39;m won=
dering if there are issues</div><div>I&#39;m not picking up from my reading=
 of the man pages.=C2=A0 I can also</div><div>see there are various threads=
 complaining about the stability of</div><div>venti+fossil, but then there =
are others saying it&#39;s stable and works</div><div>great.</div><div><br>=
</div><div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br></div>











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