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NetBSD - Live Network Backup

Posted by Zonk on from the de-backup-mouse dept.

dvl writes "It is possible but inconvenient to manually clone a hard disk drive remotely, using dd and netcat. der Mouse, a Montreal-based NetBSD developer, has developed tools that allow for automated, remote partition-level cloning to occur automatically on an opportunistic basis. A high-level description of the system has been posted at KernelTrap. This facility can be used to maintain complete duplicates of remote client laptop drives to a server system. This network mirroring facility will be presented at BSDCAN 2005 in Ottawa, ON on May 13-15."

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  1. SEE! OUR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD ARE.. by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Browsing porn on those expensive hotel internet lines!

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  2. NetBSD, distributed rigor mortis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

  3. Re:Montreal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You've obviously never been to Montreal, or much better yet, lived there. It's one of the coolest cosmopolitan cities in the world.

  4. mod Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you get distracted lead developers they 7Earn from our