Matthias Meyer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I get up&running my backups with rsync. Used tar before.
> 
> But I see no usable advante of using rsync.
> should rsync be faster than tar or should it need less space on drive?
> 

The big difference is in network bandwidth use which may not matter if 
everything is local.  However, tar incrementals simply take files with a 
timestamp newer than the last run.  They will not note deletions or 
catch old files in new positions under renamed directories.  Rsync 
incrementals compare the directory contents and will pick up these 
differences.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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