Holger Parplies wrote:
> the reference backup
> for an incremental rsync backup is the *previous backup of lower level* of the
> host. Level 1 incrementals will re-transmit any changed files until the next
> full backup (because they are relative to the previous full, not to each
> other).

That seems wasteful. Why is it like that?


> The next full will not re-transmit these files (unless they have
> changed once again).

So it's possible that a full backup runs faster than an incremental 
because it doesn't have to transmit everything again?

Daniel.

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