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Re: Constant "sequence number mismatch" errors



On 08/15/14 09:21, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
> Ok--I was under the impression it needed temp space to create the backup before
> it deduplicated and uploaded to the server.

No, the archive is streamed up to the server as it is created.

> So I need somewhere semi-permanent to store the backups locally in addition to
> storing them on the tarsnap server?

The cache directory is ~ 0.5% of the size of the data you store, and contains
metadata like block reference counts.

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Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid