[Box Backup] Development feedback & discussion for Box Backup 1.0?

[Brendon Baumgartner]

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 2:26 PM
> To: Box Backup
> Subject: Re: [Box Backup] Development feedback & discussion for Box
> Backup 1.0?
> 
> Hello Brendon:
> 
> On 14/01/2011 09:57, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:
> > Can you add to the list a page on wikipedia? They have a few matrices
> > comparing products and box backup isn't on any of them.
> 
> About 2 years ago, I had the same experience and found out about
> BoxiBackup while reading a Usenix paper [0] that mainly talks about another
> remote backup system called Cumulus.
> 
>  > It's free
> > advertising for the project. I tried adding the page once, but it was
> > deleted because they said I took content from boxbackup.org (which I
> > did), but I don't think you guys would have minded. :)
> 
> I agree that spreading the word about BoxiBackup is important, this might
> even attract additional developer talent.
> 
> Perhaps you can pick this up directly with the current copyright holders for
> the web page ("Content (c) Ben Summers and Chris Wilson, 2003-2008") so
> that you get a permission to use content under the license that Wikipedia
> requires? It would appear to be a waste of resources to redo a page that you
> already completed...
> 
> Best regards, Achim
> 
> [0]
> <http://www.usenix.org/events/fast09/tech/full_papers/vrable/vrable_ht
> ml/index.html>
> Project home page <http://www.sysnet.ucsd.edu/projects/cumulus/>


Below is the _draft_ page I created that was deleted. Does anyone have experience with Wikipedia? Maybe Chris or James can take this on being their control of the content? That way if there is an issue, they can resolve it quickly.

! style="text-align: left; background: #ececec;" | [[Box Backup]]
| [[BSD licenses|BSD]]
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{{About|computer backup software|the penile bone found in some mammals|baculum}}
{{Notability|date=January 2010}}

{{ Infobox_Software
| name                   = Box Backup
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| collapsible            = 
| developer              = Chris Wilson and team
| latest release version = 0.11rc8
| latest release date    = {{release date and age|2010|07|27}}<ref>https://www.boxbackup.org/svn/box/RELEASE/</ref>
| latest preview version = svn rev 2818<ref>https://www.boxbackup.org/svn/box/trunk/</ref>
| latest preview date    =
| operating_system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming_language   = C++
| genre                  = [[Backup]] 
| license                = [[BSD]]
| website                = http://www.boxbackup.org/
}}

Box Backup is an open source, completely automatic, on-line backup system. It has the following key features:


* All backed up data is stored on the server in files on a filesystem - no tape, archive or other special devices are required.
* The server is trusted only to make files available when they are required - all data is encrypted and can be decoded only by the original client. This makes it ideal for backing up over an untrusted network (such as the Internet), or where the server is in an uncontrolled environment.
* A backup daemon runs on systems to be backed up, and copies encrypted data to the server when it notices changes - so backups are continuous and up-to-date (although traditional snapshot backups are possible too).
* Only changes within files are sent to the server, just like rsync, minimising the bandwidth used between clients and server. This makes it particularly suitable for backing up between distant locations, or over the Internet.
* It behaves like tape - old file versions and deleted files are available.
* Old versions of files on the server are stored as changes from the current version, minimising the storage space required on the server. Files are the server are also compressed to minimise their size.
* Choice of backup behaviour - it can be optimised for document or server backup.
* It is designed to be easy and cheap to run a server. It has a portable implementation, and optional RAID implemented in userland for reliability without complex server setup or expensive hardware.

Box Backup is distributed under a BSD license.

== Notes ==
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==External links==
{{portal|Free software}}
* [http://www.boxbackup.org/ Box Backup home page]
* [http://www.boxbackup.org/trac Box Backup trac page]

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