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Re: Backup rotation scripts



tor 2014-12-11 klockan 20:03 -0500 skrev Michael W. Lucas:
> Some context here: I'm writing a small book about Tarsnap, and am
> trying to recommend things that are both best practice and that people
> are actually doing out in the real world.
> ...
>...
> So: what are you folks using to rotate your backups? Would you
> recommend it to other people?

Please do make a mention of the alternatives that backups can either be
rotated by the machine being backed up or be rotated by a separate, more
locked down, machine. That is, the distinction where there is a key file
which has the delete permission.

Apologies for stating the perhaps obvious. It's just that I find the
possibility to split up tarsnap's read, write and delete permissions a
really good thing, of which I have gotten the impression that it isn't
being used as much as it perhaps could/should be.

// Andreas

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