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How does dropbox version/upload large files?

I have a free dropbox account (2GB), and I was wondering how the versioning of large files works. I have a full backup of all my webfiles that sites @ just over 1GB. After the initial upload of 1GB, everytime it syncs will dropbox figure out the…
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IBus >= 1.5.11 on Ubuntu

I'm running Ubuntu 15.04. I have the newest version of IBus installed, so does the command show: apt-get changelog ibus But the software I use (PHPStorm 10) gives a warning that IBus with version at least 1.5.11 is recommended. How can I install…
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What security risks are there with employees using Dropbox?

Are there any particular security concerns to keep in mind with company-wide use of Dropbox file sharing / versioning / backing up, and are there specific options or settings that would be recommended to limit the risk?
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How do I get transparent, efficient, file system snapshotting or versioning on ext3/4?

I've long thought about versioning file systems. This is a killer feature and I've looked at Wayback, ext3cow, zfs, fuse solutions, or just cvs/svn/git overlays. I consider ext3cow the model for my requirements. Transparent, efficient, but I can do…
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Best strategy to keep chef cookbooks versions under control

I'm looking for ideas about chef cookbooks versions management. I know that you pin specific versions in the environment, but I'm not sure how to go about it. We use librarian-chef which installs 3rd party community books into the cookbooks folder.…
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File System with Real-Time Data Deduplication

Is there a file system that stores files under a hash so there are no duplicates? It can be under any operating system. I know Git does that, but I'm looking for something that can run in real-time.
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Any Available Versioning File Systems like VMS used to have

I am looking for a versioning file system like VMS used to have. Are there any modern equivalents I can host for Windows clients? Requirements: Ability to map a drive to the shared file system from XP, Vista, Win7, Samba (Linux) Ability to host…
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Making Nginx and PHP-FPM code version agnostic

This is not a question about a current problem but more of a "preventive medicine" question: I have the following code which is part of a much larger scrip I use to rise up Nginx environments on Debian-oriented systems: sed -i 's/post_max_size \=…
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How to back up a versioned filesystem (e.g. ext3cow)?

I have been looking at versioned filesystems but I can't find any information on how to back them up. If my disk dies and I have to restore from a backup, I want to be able to restore the filesystem completely, including the past versions of all…
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How to add versioning support to Azure File Storage

I have a client using Azure file storage (v1) to host some binary files (images, pdfs, etc) for a web app. I'd like to add versioning support in case files get deleted or overwritten, kind of like AWS S3 has. I know Azure Blob storage's newest…
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databases supporting MVCC (permanent history)

I have an application which needs a database + would greatly benefit from a MVCC model. It would ideally support permanent history storage, access of the data at a particular point in time, and incremental backups. I'm looking at the databases that…
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Shadow copies for local files on Windows Server 2012 or alternative

I hope serverfault is the right place for this - if not, please tell me where to post it. The situation is the following: our company has a WebDAV fileserver running on a Windows Server 2012 that I am now in charge of. My boss wants backups of every…
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SharePoint Versioning for Office 2007 File Formats

Given the fact that Office 2007 document formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc) are entirely XML based, why did Microsoft not build in the ability to store only the 'diff' changes when using the versioning features? We're obviously finding that it's…
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Automated FileSystem Versioning on(Linux) Server

So, basically, I'm looking for linux software to monitor a folder (and it's subfolders) for any changes and apply some form of versioning (that is, keep a "database", or whatever, from where I can restore files). The reason why this can't be done…
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Website deployment - managing user-uploaded content?

I'm a programmer by trade, "server administrator" by company necessity. We're looking at dumping the old painful "update site by FTP upload" style of deployment. Having the webserver check out the latest code base from version control into a folder…
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