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clarify who starts the remote agent
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@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ What is the difference between a repo on an external hard drive vs. repo on a se
If Borg is running in client/server mode, the client uses SSH as a transport to If Borg is running in client/server mode, the client uses SSH as a transport to
talk to the remote agent, which is another Borg process (Borg is installed on talk to the remote agent, which is another Borg process (Borg is installed on
the server, too). The Borg server is doing storage-related low-level repo the server, too) started automatically by the client. The Borg server is doing
operations (get, put, commit, check, compact), while the Borg client does the storage-related low-level repo operations (get, put, commit, check, compact),
high-level stuff: deduplication, encryption, compression, dealing with while the Borg client does the high-level stuff: deduplication, encryption,
archives, backups, restores, etc., which reduces the amount of data that goes compression, dealing with archives, backups, restores, etc., which reduces the
over the network. amount of data that goes over the network.
When Borg is writing to a repo on a locally mounted remote file system, e.g. When Borg is writing to a repo on a locally mounted remote file system, e.g.
SSHFS, the Borg client only can do file system operations and has no agent SSHFS, the Borg client only can do file system operations and has no agent