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- .. _definitions:
- .. include:: global.rst.inc
- Definitions
- ===========
- .. _deduplication_def:
- Deduplication
- Deduplication is a technique for improving storage utilization by eliminating
- redundant data.
- .. _archive_def:
- Archive
- An archive is a collection of files along with metadata that include file
- permissions, directory structure and various file attributes.
- Since each archive in a repository must have a unique name a good naming
- convention is ``hostname-YYYY-MM-DD``.
- .. _repository_def:
- Repository
- A repository is a filesystem directory storing data from zero or more archives.
- The data in a repository is both deduplicated and encrypted making it both
- efficient and safe.
- Key file
- When a repository is initialized a key file containing a password protected
- encryption key is created. It is vital to keep this file safe since the repository
- data is totally inaccessible without it.
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