BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] How do the files look like when transferred?

2009-04-08 16:50:00
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How do the files look like when transferred?
From: Boniforti Flavio <flavio AT piramide DOT ch>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:45:28 +0200


Il 08.04.09 22:29, "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <chrome AT real-time DOT com> ha
scritto:

> On 04/08 10:19 , Boniforti Flavio wrote:
>> OK, so your suggestion is actually to leave them compressed, right?
>> If so, what may I do to avoid re-syncing of many GB of data?
> 
> Backuppc uncompresses the files in the course of comparing the old ones to
> the new ones; or else does it by comparing stored checksums. So it's very
> efficient about not re-transferring files that haven't changed.

I believe in it's efficiency, but my problem is that I'll have to backup
some 20GB over a WAN link (VDSL 20000/5000)... Until now, I simply went with
an external HDD and copied over all the data, then stored them in my
rsnapshot-server and synced away from it... 


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by:
High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment.
Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/