From 6081c2065a0a1f76a42e2dda0cfb9acc0f39cb41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnb2yfWzJ2lYQw1UTm6XVZ4y8qashNagZA" Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:53:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: Full restore from only a remote. --- ...omment_16_6b4967ebc81fd3c226a77ebf3624357c._comment | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_16_6b4967ebc81fd3c226a77ebf3624357c._comment diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_16_6b4967ebc81fd3c226a77ebf3624357c._comment b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_16_6b4967ebc81fd3c226a77ebf3624357c._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dbfd3fa59d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_16_6b4967ebc81fd3c226a77ebf3624357c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnb2yfWzJ2lYQw1UTm6XVZ4y8qashNagZA" + nickname="Daniel" + subject="Full restore from only a remote." + date="2015-02-22T12:53:30Z" + content=""" +Maybe I'm being stupid here--I just started playing around with git-annex. But what's the best way to backup the directory tree and anything else (e.g. encryption keys)? + +For example, if I set up an S3 remote, and then lose my computer, how can I recover from the remote alone? It seems like I can't, unless I also take a snapshot of...what else?...independently. Is that correct? What's the best way to provide this kind of redundancy (against destruction of the local filesystem)? +"""]]