Hi, I'm very sorry I have not answered earlier. Somehowe I overlooked. 2015-09-01 4:58 GMT+02:00 Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I have a better chance of seeding clouds to make rain than read code > to get the answers to these questions, but I tried anyway. Do you say you have tried to read the code? > > - Is this a versioning system, or is it both a versioning system and a > backup? Backup implies copying data to a separate device. Both. It does backup AND is maintains versions of this backup. Whenever the original file is changed, a backup is made and a version is created. (by creating a snapshot of the btrfs subvolume and a record in the sqlite db). This way the backup is the most recent version available. > > - If it's a backup, does it depend on the source being Btrfs? Or just > the destination? Or both? No. Fuse-backup uses btrfs as destination. The source does not have to. Fuse-backup uses mimetypes to select the files to backup on the source directory. Files are then copied to the backup, which is a btrfs subvolume. > > - Do you envision Fedora Server and Fedora Workstation components, to > achieve a sort of turn key + integrated Fedora solution for network > backups? No, at this moment it's a local backup/version system only. The btrfs subvolume has to be on the same host, and the sqlite db also. It's possible in future to use a ssh fuse fs to create a network backup/version service. The btrfs subvolume is than on the server, and the main fuse-backup service is on the server, client fuse-backup services are on the workstations. I'm currently working on a fuse fs to create a ssh fs. I know there is already a sshfs created by Miklos Szeredi. It's possible to create a network backup service using a fuse sshfs. (in my opinion sharing data through a FUSE sshfs is the way for Linux, and should get more attention and features, see: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1953 ) But I want to mention that in a configuration where the users home directory is a NFS export it works very different, in that case the source is already on the server. > > - Does this apply to just user data, or system settings as well, or > the entire installation? > Both. I've created it with user data in the back of my head, but it's also possible to backup (and version) the /etc directory for example. Sorry again for this late reply, Stef Bon the Netherlands -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
