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, 09:07, 25 December 2010Added note that this methiod of backup can require significant more network traffic when comapared to a local rsyncd.
An alternative method using the Rsync daemon protocol is described here: [[Affa#Backing_up_a_Windows_computer]]. This requires the Cygwin rsyncd service running on the Windows computer.
An alternative method using the Rsync daemon protocol is described here: [[Affa#Backing_up_a_Windows_computer]]. This requires the Cygwin rsyncd service running on the Windows computer.
{{Note box|This method of backup using a windows share may require significantly more network traffic compared to the rsync daemon method. For example to be backed up if a file is almost similar, an rsyncd on the local PC can calculated checksums of chunks of the file. This is then compared to the remote copy of the file to work out which parts needs transferring. In the share method described in this HOWTO, there is no local processing function (there is only the share through which a file can be copied) and the remote rsyncd on the server performing the backup of the network share will need to transfer the whole file over the network to perform this calculation before being able to do the actual backup.}}
==Important Note about backing up Windows data==
==Important Note about backing up Windows data==
Affa does ''not'' backup windows ACL (Access Control List) information. You will need to correct your windows ACLs after doing any restore from affa!
Affa does ''not'' backup windows ACL (Access Control List) information. You will need to correct your windows ACLs after doing any restore from affa!
