i might be lying, BUT... i think that rsync is better at continuing
interrupted transfers??
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Monte Milanuk <memilanuk AT gmail DOT com>
wrote:
> So... got an old PC online and running as a Linux file server, running ssh
> and samba. Main OS is on a 13.8GB PATA drive, with a 12.2GB / partition,
> and a 1.5GB partition for swap. There are two 500GB SATA drives set up in a
> software RAID 1 configuration mounted under /srv. I have BackupPC running,
> and I am trying to get the initial full backup done. Unfortunately this is
> proving to be more of a PITA than I had anticipated.
>
> The network layout is like this: PPPOE over fiber to the ISP. I have a
> Buffalo wifi router/access point plugged into the wall, connected to the
> ISP. I have the following connected via 802.11g wireless: a Macbook (mine),
> another Macbook (wife's from the school district), the daughter's HP laptop
> (when she's home), and my main HP desktop PC (actually this has an Atheros
> a/b/g/n dual channel wireless adapter, but the main network is 802.11g).
> Also connected to the wifi router via a cat5 ethernet cable to one of the
> LAN ports is the server.
>
> The plan *was* to backup the 'Users' directory on the desktop PC, the HP
> laptop, and the two macboooks... and then perhaps use the 'Archive' function
> of BackupPC to an external hard drive for a little additional peace of mind.
>
> The problem is... the drive capacities are huge relative to the network
> speeds I'm getting. The desktop has a 640GB hard drive, and the laptop has
> a 500GB hard drive. The two macbooks have 40-60GB hard drives, but they are
> both getting close to end of life. The two larger machines aren't anywhere
> near full, but even after setting the config.pf file for BackupPC to skip
> any CD/DVD images, Virtualbox disk images, or TrueCrypt volumes, the
> remainder on the desktop PC is considerable - lots of pictures and videos
> and a metric crap load in the iTunes directory ;) With a *peak* transfer
> rate from the PC of about 20 Mbit/s, and average somewhere below 15... well,
> the Atheros wifi adapter has locked up about five times already, requiring
> me to restart the full backup :(
>
> Once it gets done - if it gets done... subsequent incremental backups
> shouldn't be so bad - until I download another seasons worth of a television
> series ;)
>
> I figure I can hook the laptops up via ethernet and speed things up
> considerably, at least for that first full backup. Would doing the transfer
> over ssh/rsync be noticeably faster than using Samba, considering the weak
> link seems to be the wifi connection? I've also thought of going ahead and
> getting that external drive I mentioned earlier, backing up to it from the
> PC and then using it to 'pre-seed' the backup directory on the server. If
> it worked the way I'm picturing in my mind, it'd be a fairly convoluted
> evolution, and definitely not something I'd want to do on a regular basis.
> If anyone has any ideas or suggestions short of packing up the desktop PC
> and hauling it downstairs to hook up to the router via cat5... I'm open.
>
>
>
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