Raindogtoo Jan 8 4:56PM 2018 CLI
Here's what I propose to do with my notebook PC which travels with me:
Question: Will this cause any problems with backup consistency or other issues?
gchen Jan 8 7:39PM 2018
The only issue I can think of is that you need to copy from the cloud storage to the local storage after you return from your trip, before you back up to the local storage again. Otherwise, the revision number on the local storage would be behind that of the cloud storage, and local backups would resume from the local revision number, causing some conflicts on the revision numbers.
kevinvinv Jan 8 11:59PM 2018
I know gilbert disagree's with me but one backup theory is to NOT keep backups in sync... just backup to either location whenever you can. Keeping the destinations independent actually adds redundancy in my opinion... as if one storage somehow becomes corrupt- the other one still might be good.
Just my opinion... I know others disagree.
Raindogtoo Jan 9 7:30AM 2018
Gilbert - understood. But is that more of a administrative issue (possible confusion) or could it actually FUBAR the backups?
Kevin - yeah, I thought about that as well. I'm not super-concerned that both storage copies may not be identical. I just didn't want to get into a situation where R-50 is created in the cloud when I'm traveling and once I return home have R-50 created in local storage and then a copy operation fails or corrupts the backup because there's already an R-50 in the cloud.
Raindogtoo Jan 10 3:56AM 2018
Nudging this thread.
Gilbert - could you please address my last questions?
Thanks.
gchen Jan 10 11:54AM 2018
Yes, I think conflicting revision numbers on different storages would just create some confusion. It will not corrupt the backups.