On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Gil Naveh wrote:
> Some have suggested to use sftp or ssh - bring those files to the server and
> then backing it up locally.
> However, by implementing this technique I am over loading the network -
> because I have to ssh or sftp all files daily instead of letting Amanda get
> only the changes (level 0,1 etc). But is there a way to implement ssh/sftp
> with Amanda?

You can avoid overloading the network by not copying all files, but only the
changes, using rsync (over ssh, of course).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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