On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 06:30:02PM +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote: > > It doesn't, however, do compression or encryption. > If the data is important (why make a backup otherwise?), this is a bad > idea. One single bit flip can render your whole archive/backup useless > (unless you have some par2 checksums for it, which isn't a 100% > guarantee either). And big harddisk are not that expensive nowadays.. I assume the encryption is a bigger deal, and if you're doing that, might as well compress. Makes room for your par2s. :) -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
