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'''Place Holder for MeeGo Backup&Restore (aka, Branta)'''
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== Branta - Backup Solution for MeeGo ==
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Branta backup project is intended to provide a solution of backing up user data on MeeGo device to different storage backends, including local storage(SD card, etc) and online storages([http://developers.box.net/ Box.net], [http://developer.digitalbucket.net/ DigitalBucket], etc) in an incremental way. 
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The scope of data to be backed up:
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* ONLY user data is backed up, such as EMail, Contact, SMS message, Calllog, Photos, Videos, Musics and etc.
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* System files are NOT included, neither files in /etc, /bin and etc folder, nor any pre-installed material such as video and music files.
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* For installed applications (downloaded from online store), ONLY the package location in store is backed up for eventual re-installation after restore
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For MeeGo 1.2, the following features will be supported:
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* Support backing up user data to local storage(SD card, USB mass storage etc)
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* Support full backup at the first time and then do incremental backup for changes
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* Restore data from a previous backup point
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* Ability to schedule automated backup
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* Simple user interface
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== Architecture Overview ==
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== Resources ==
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[http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-middleware/branta-backup Branta on gitorious.org]

Latest revision as of 08:17, 2 December 2010

Branta - Backup Solution for MeeGo

Branta backup project is intended to provide a solution of backing up user data on MeeGo device to different storage backends, including local storage(SD card, etc) and online storages(Box.net, DigitalBucket, etc) in an incremental way.

The scope of data to be backed up:

  • ONLY user data is backed up, such as EMail, Contact, SMS message, Calllog, Photos, Videos, Musics and etc.
  • System files are NOT included, neither files in /etc, /bin and etc folder, nor any pre-installed material such as video and music files.
  • For installed applications (downloaded from online store), ONLY the package location in store is backed up for eventual re-installation after restore

For MeeGo 1.2, the following features will be supported:

  • Support backing up user data to local storage(SD card, USB mass storage etc)
  • Support full backup at the first time and then do incremental backup for changes
  • Restore data from a previous backup point
  • Ability to schedule automated backup
  • Simple user interface

Architecture Overview

Resources

Branta on gitorious.org

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