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Re: [BackupPC-users] convert from rsync to rsyncd

2009-12-08 18:33:35
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] convert from rsync to rsyncd
From: Matthias Meyer <matthias.meyer AT gmx DOT li>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:29:42 +0100
Andy Thompson wrote:

> I want to convert a host from rsync to rsyncd in order to test speed
> differences between the two.  My concern though is that currently with
> rsync my share name is /, which don't believe is valid using rsyncd.  If I
> do this, will it duplicate all of the data for this server since they are
> different share/path names?  It's a couple hundred gig of data and I don't
> really want it duplicated for any amount of time
> 
> thanks
> 
> -andy
Don't worry. BackupPC didn't store duplicate data. It checks each file and
if it is the same as another file, stored by the same or another PC, it
only make a hardlink.

br
Matthias
-- 
Don't Panic


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