[Box Backup-dev] observation with client side cached state file

[Martin Ebourne]

"G." <gniemcew@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I see your point, but should a server store blow up, an admin has no  
>  way to force a backup from
> all users. Hmmmmmm. I would say let's stick to the old and   
> well-proven Linux methodology: when in
> doubt, make it a user option.

No, that's a bad idea in this case. Where there's more than one right  
way to do it, make it configurable. Where this is not the case do the  
right thing only.

I don't really see the harm in bbackupd always connecting. The amount  
of data transfer is minimal and it gives you an early warning if  
there's any kind of communication issue. Also reassuring from the  
server side that all clients are operational. This was discussed  
previously about adding a client heartbeat so the server knows it is  
alive.

Cheers,

Martin.