Data Pull Vs Push

[L. V. Lammert]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Satish Shukla wrote:

> b)      pulling  the data from source to destination   ( i.e. running
> rsync from destination machine)
>
The main reason to pull is with hard linking of the saved files, e.g.
rsnapshot - only possible with a pull operation. Security is also a little
better, as you have a single authorized command key on the remote machine
so the backup machine can be secured better (behind a firewall).

	Lee