[SAC] /backup/ directory on Backup-VM

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Aug 24 10:59:27 EDT 2010


Martin Spott wrote:
  > ....  that we're probably just having a different understanding with
> respect to the meaning of a "backup" machine/server.
> I'm familiar with backup servers in commercial environments - which
> typically are dedicated machines to serve just this single purpose. The
> "OSGeo Backup VM" instead seems more to end up as a dump site for
> (partially antiquated) archives - with little understanding of what
> modern backup offers ;-)

Martin,

I'm not sure what to make of the above.  I'll assume it does not imply
an action item for me.

> So, may I at least remove the /backup/ symlink - in order to prevent
> confusion ?

Feel free, I wasn't sure if you were depending on that within the backula
configuration so I preserved it.

Best regards,
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