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fcorbelli / zpaqfranz

Deduplicating archiver with encryption and paranoid-level tests. Swiss army knife for the serious backup and disaster recovery manager. Ransomware neutralizer. Win/Linux/Unix
MIT License
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Request: add some real-world usage examples to the README? #3

Closed Tony2 closed 3 years ago

Tony2 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I learnt about zpaq during my search for some zfs-related issue. zpaq sounds very interesting. Can you please add some real-world examples where zpaq is superior to conventional methods (like Apple TimeMachine, git, zfs snapshots etc.)?

fcorbelli commented 3 years ago

Your suggestion is very interesting, I will add some pages in the wiki.
I would appreciate your comments so that I can improve what I have written

https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz/wiki/Real-world:-compare-against-zfs-snapshot

https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz/wiki/Real-world:-compare-against-7z-tar-rar-zstd-(conventional-archivers)

Tony2 commented 3 years ago

Hi,

[sorry for the late reply, I didn't get the chance to read the wiki thoroughly earlier]

I find the comparison against zfs-snapshot great, very informative. Especially the recommendation at the end, when to use zfs-snapshot and when zpaq: this kind of advice is really hard to get; the most common way is through hard-learned lessons.

If you could add some examples how you (or your users) use zpaq, it'd be much appreciated. For new users like me sometime understanding the concepts of a tool is not enough; seeing how other use it efficiently is often an eye-opening experience.