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This streamlines the text to some extent, omitting the comparison to
tape backups, which is not really interesting for most users.

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-dss creates hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a remote
-or local host using rsync's link-dest feature.
+dss maintains hardlink-based snapshots of a given directory on a
+remote or local host using rsync's link-dest feature. The snapshots
+are organized so that any snapshot can directly be deployed as an
+(emergency) replacement for the primary system.
 
 dss is admin friendly: It is easy to configure and needs little
-attention once configured to run in daemon mode. It keeps track of
-the available disk space and removes snapshots if disk space becomes
-sparse or snapshots become older than the specified time. Also, due
-to the hardlink-based approach, there is only one type of backup.
-Hence no full, incremental or differential backups need to be
-configured, and there is no database to maintain.
+attention after the initial setup. In particular, no full, incremental
+or differential backups need to be configured, and there is no database
+to maintain. dss is also user-friendly: Assuming the snapshot server
+allows read-only user access over the network, users can restore
+accidentically removed files without admin intervention, using their
+favorite file browser to copy files from the snapshot directory back
+to the primary system.
 
-dss is also user-friendly because users can browse the snapshot
-directories without admin intervention and see the contents of the file
-system at the various times a snapshot was taken. Each snapshot looks
-like a full backup, so users can easily restore accidentally removed
-files by using their favorite file browser to simply copy files from
-the snapshot directory back to the live system.
-
-dss gives your data an additional level of security besides the usual
-tape-based backups: If the file server goes down and all data is lost
-you can simply use the most recent snapshot as an immediate replacement
--- no need for a restore from tape that takes days to complete.
-
-Snapshot pruning takes place in a dyadic fashion: Many recent snapshots
-are available, but the number of snapshots per time interval decreases
-exponentially. For example, one can configure dss so that it keeps
-16 snapshots not older than one week, 8 snapshots between one and
-two weeks old, 4 snapshots between two and three weeks old, and so on.
+dss keeps track of the age and the state of existing snapshots and
+triggers snapshot creation and removal according to the configuration
+settings. It tries to maintain a scheme where many recent snapshots
+and few old snapshots exist, for example 16 snapshots newer than a
+week, 8 snapshots between one and two weeks old, 4 snapshots between
+two and three weeks old, and so on.