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NetBSD's Real-Time Network Backup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the old-hardware-power dept.

jschauma writes "One of NetBSD's developers, der Mouse, was interviewed by DaemonNews about his real-time network backup system (originally presented at BSDCan 2005), where changes to your local filesystem are automatically propagated to a backup server. In his interview der Mouse tells about his idea, how it works, and of course, how cool it is."

3 of 166 comments (clear)

  1. Re:B.S. D? by topical_surfactant · · Score: 5, Funny
    Raid does not protect you from Hurricanes, or even fires.

    Termites, on the other hand...

  2. oops! by krismon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh no! the rootkit got replicated to the backup server!

  3. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong by vertinox · · Score: 3, Funny

    But hasn't Sun been doing this with Solaris for at least 3 years?

    Yes, but do you want to sell your children and a kidney for a Solaris server?

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