[Box Backup-dev] blocks

[Ben Summers]

lib/backupclient/BackupStoreFileWire.h

docs/backup/encrypt_rsync.txt

docs/backup/bin_bbstored.txt


On 26 Jul 2006, at 15:24, Nick Knight wrote:

> Is a client sided block stored on the server as a complete file? Also
> does the file contain information about the block as a header?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boxbackup-dev-admin@fluffy.co.uk
> [mailto:boxbackup-dev-admin@fluffy.co.uk] On Behalf Of Ben Summers
> Sent: 26 July 2006 14:59
> To: boxbackup-dev@fluffy.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Box Backup-dev] blocks
>
> Within a BackupStoreFile, a block is an arbitrarily sized chunk of
> data, from 1 byte upwards. (You can get 1 byte blocks if you insert 1
> byte within a file and it gets diffed.)
>
> On the server, regarding the storage limits, a block is whatever size
> is set in raidfile.conf.
>
> Both are separate concepts, and refer to completely different things
> which aren't used together.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
>
> On 26 Jul 2006, at 14:33, Nick Knight wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Can someone spare a minute and provide me with a small tutorial on
>> what a block under box backup is.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to figure out new portions of code to me, and It looks
>> like the windows version is calculating them wrongly but not sure  
>> why.
>>
>>
>>
>> It appears that the client decides on the block size for a given
>> file, I always thought it was fixed as the server allocates a
>> number of blocks for an account...
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>
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