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		Tharre on March 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Append-only backups with restic and rclone How could that possibly be improved? Append-only means no deleting or freeing up space by definition.

indigo945 on March 10, 2019 [–]

Not necessarily, because the backup server could squash backups itself, even when the client is not allowed to do so.

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