Hello Les,

> One approach to save space might be to use a server running 
> zfs (opensolaris, nexentastor, freebsd, etc.) with de-dup 
> activated for the backup storage.  That way, even though the 
> backup application stores complete copies, any duplicate 
> blocks would be shared.

as usual I appreciate your precise comments/suggestions, so far that I
need to ask if there is a real benefit in using zfs when thinking about
installing BackupPC server. As you might have read, I'm about to install
from scratch a new (Debian?!) server for BackupPC (I already have a
separate RAID-1 array dedicated to the BackupPC store). Would you mind
giving me your point of view for what I'm about to do?

Thanks and kind regards,
Flavio Boniforti

PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL
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6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 751 68 81
Fax: +41 91 751 69 14
URL: http://www.piramide.ch
E-mail: flavio AT piramide DOT ch 

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