[Aide] aide db as the basis for backups?

[Sven Hartrumpf]

Hi all.

aide performs some filesystem related tasks in an impressive
way (speed, consistency). Looking at the db files it generates,
it becomes obvious that if you have two versions of a db file
from different dates, you have a solid start for an incremental
backup program. I don't want to reinvent the wheel here, so let me ask:
What projects tried such an approach before (using aide)?

Greetings
Sven

[Maarten Boot]

note that aide does not store the data itself in the db only meta
information and checksums,
to make that a full backup you would need to store the data also in some
form

I had a experiment like that, not based on aide but based on storing
deltas and meta information
never had the time to work it out to a full scale program but the basics
worked well to do a backup and restore on a local machine

you may want to look at:

http://www.inmultiplecontexts.org/mboot.org/ideas/amrta

Post by Sven Hartrumpf
Hi all.
aide performs some filesystem related tasks in an impressive
way (speed, consistency). Looking at the db files it generates,
it becomes obvious that if you have two versions of a db file
from different dates, you have a solid start for an incremental
What projects tried such an approach before (using aide)?
Greetings
Sven
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