Mark Phillips wrote:

> I am setting up a new backuppc server. Are there any advantages to using
> an external drive (USB or eSATA) over an internal drive to store the
> backups? The server is an older Pentium 3 500 MHz box running Debian
> Linux. I plan on using ssh/rsync to do the backups for other Linux boxes,
> a Windows box, and a Mac.
> 
> If I use an external drive, can I move the drive to another backuppc
> server and access the files? Do I have to insure the backuppc on the new
> server has the identical configuration as the old server?

Yes. And do not forget the host configurations from /etc/backuppc

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark

br
Matthias
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