Matthias Meyer wrote:
> 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
>>

> 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.


On the other hand if the sharenames make the stored tree different, it 
will transfer the data again before matching up with the pool copy, so 
don't compare speeds until at least the second run.   The only 
difference in speed should be the overhead of ssh encryption - or if 
bandwidth is an issue, perhaps losing ssh compression.  I'd try 
switching ssh to the blowfish cypher first if you haven't already.  It 
is supposed to be a bit less CPU intensive.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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