JGrubbs wrote:
> Doen't BackupPC do data deduplication? That is a feature that all the large 
> enterprise solutions like Exagird brag about being their claim to fame.

It does, at the file level.  Some of the others use block level 
deduplication at the expense of either some time for checking hash 
collisions or a risk of not checking.

> Does Amanda do data deduplication?

No - it is mostly tape oriented.

> If it doesn't mabe integrating the BackupPC data deduplication would be a 
> good project.

It would make sense for the parts kept on disk.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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