Verify restore logic (remote/local cluster)

This part of application is a legacy code from a first version.
If backup destination is local cluster, then during restore we copy HFiles into local temp dir first. For remote cluster we do not do this. Seems should be other way around.

What does this mean?
253 2016-11-17 14:13:39,782 DEBUG [main] util.RestoreServerUtil: File hdfs://ve0524.halxg.cloudera.com:8020/user/stack/backup/backup_1479419995738/default/x_1/archive/data/default/x_1 on local cluster, back it up before restore
Is this a full copy of the backup to elsewhere?
296 2016-11-17 14:13:47,907 DEBUG [main] util.RestoreServerUtil: Copied to temporary path on local cluster: /user/stack/hbase-staging/restore