incase you're too busy to sit and read the source, here's the generated docs for the PR.
http://libcloud-fork.readthedocs.org/en/libcloud-769_backup_driver/backup/api.html anthony On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 12:01 PM, anthony shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > I have opened a WIP RFC PR with a new driver type, 'backup' with a mind to > supported backup and recovery of the existing nodes, or storage containers > for cloud providers that offer backup-as-a-service. > The intention here is to support both snapshot-based and granular backup > services. > > https://github.com/apache/libcloud/pull/629 > > This is not specifically for backup/recovery of VMs, it can support > filesystems for NAS backup, object for snaps, database for database only. > > I have reviewed the architecture of the following services as my starting > point > > * Azure VM Backup > * OpenStack Freezer > * Amazon EBS snaps > * Dimension Data Cloud Backup > * Rackspace file backup > > Each works to the following pattern: > * 'target' - the server/container/filesystem to backup > * 'recovery point' - the copy of the target > * 'job' - a backup job of a recovery point to a target > > Comments welcome. > > Anthony >
