On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:51 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote:

> >> No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines.  
> > 
> > Why?  
> 
> Different OS.

So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share
hardware?

> > My partner has to use Windows for 
> > work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device?  
> 
> It just doesn't make sense.

So if I have a Linux box, a Windows box and a Mac and want to backup to
an external drive, you say I must buy three drives when one will do?
Should I buy a fourth drive for my Palm Treo?

Do I need separate rsync.net accounts too?

A backup device is just a storage appliance, if should not be parochial
about the origin of the data it stores.


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Neil Bothwick

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