Sat, 02 Nov 2013  Use Separate State Directory for Burp  I
recently bought a RAID enclosure for my backup drives. One of
the nice features is that it powers down the drives and fans
when there is no activity for five minutes.  I use burp for
backing up my laptops. Burp has a timed backup mode, in which a
client can connect to the server, and start a backup if it's
been too long since its last backup. This allows, for example,
wife to suspend her laptop whenever she wants. When it is
running, burp will check with the server every 20 minutes
whether it needs to be backed up. If she suspends it in the
middle of a backup, it will resume during the next check.  I've
configured burp to only allow backups outside of my normal
working hours so I don't need to hear the drives grinding away
while I'm at my desk. (Pulling myself away from my desk at night
is the next challenge.)  The only problem with this
configuration is that when a client connects, the backup
directory is accessed to figure out whether to start a bac