Re: [ALUG] sshfs versus just using ssh/rsync

30 Dec 2009


      Chris G wrote:
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Is there any difference between the two following strategies for
backing up files to a remote system:-
1  Mount the remote destination directory using sshfs/fuser
    Copy the files to the 'local' directory just mounted using rsync,
    rdiff-backup or whatever.
2  Copy the files directly to the remote system using rsync or
    rdiff-backup.
My concern with option 1 is that sshfs falls over a little too often
for me to trust it with an unattended backup.  I'd rsync if I could.

Hope that helps,
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