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@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ What is the difference between a repo on an external hard drive vs. repo on a se
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If Borg is running in client/server mode, the client uses SSH as a transport to
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talk to the remote agent, which is another Borg process (Borg is installed on
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-the server, too). The Borg server is doing storage-related low-level repo
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-operations (get, put, commit, check, compact), while the Borg client does the
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-high-level stuff: deduplication, encryption, compression, dealing with
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-archives, backups, restores, etc., which reduces the amount of data that goes
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-over the network.
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+the server, too) started automatically by the client. The Borg server is doing
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+storage-related low-level repo operations (get, put, commit, check, compact),
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+while the Borg client does the high-level stuff: deduplication, encryption,
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+compression, dealing with archives, backups, restores, etc., which reduces the
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+amount of data that goes over the network.
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When Borg is writing to a repo on a locally mounted remote file system, e.g.
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SSHFS, the Borg client only can do file system operations and has no agent
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