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--- Comment #59 from Simon <[email protected]> ---
Dear Ray,
Do you use Affa on a regular basis?
We use it with allmost every customer that uses SME and we do not have any
problems with restoring files, have used the Affa rise feature several times to
migrate to new hardware or software.
What I tried to say was, that this software concept is fantastic. Maybe the
software itself needs some work, ok.
But my personal en professional option is that a backup on USB disk is a flawed
concept.
The whole idea about a backup is that there is no human intervention needed.
The USB disk has to be replaced by a person and offcourse can be forgotten.
Migrating to new hardware can be done via USB disk, ok nice. My network is much
faster 1Gbit/sec instead of 540mbit/sec (usb 2.0).
So lets stop killing eachothers ideas and lets try to imagine how to make this
software a part of SME. (Or the concept) I dont care as long as it works
correctly and functionably.
Something offtopic maybe is the lack of an upgrade path for SME 8.x to SME 9.x
on the same hardware. Would you backup a live machine to a USB disk and then
format the whole machine and discover that there is a problem with that DAR
archive so you can't restore the live machine again?
It gives me the chills.
Greetings,
Simon
(In reply to Ray Mitchell from comment #58)
> (In reply to Simon from comment #52)
> > I think AFFA 3 should be integrated as standard/default backup tool into SME
> > server 9.x.
>
> That is not a typical sme server concept. The idea is to add functionality
> with contribs.
> Affa is not stable enough to be incorporated into sme server base code.
>
>
> > This tool could be THE PERFECT tool to help migrate from SME 8.x to SME 9.x
> > and to new hardware.
>
> It is no more perfect than using the standard backup to USB & restore from
> USB, how much simpler can a migration be than using a USB backup & restore ?
>
>
> > Also I think it is ridiculous to have a tool like DAR that still only makes
> > local backups to a share or a USB disk.
> > In a world that is internet connected one would like to have a remote backup
> > of their serverdata and settings. AFFA is that tool!
>
> There is another tool that has been available for years, which conforms to
> sme standards, can backup locally to USB or remotely over ssh using rsync, &
> is remotely managed by command line
> http://wiki.contribs.org/Rdiff-backup
>
> Affa uses hardlinks etc & that can cause issues with backup sets & render
> them unusable in certain circumstances, so Affa is not really that perfect.
> Still to contend with is all the bugs with v2 & the fact that development
> work for a sme server compatible Affa 3 is ongoing, with further extensive
> testing required before a stable Affa3 for sme server is available.
>
> I commend the efforts of those working on smeAffa3, but it is still very
> much a work in progress.
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