BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anecdote about backup of changing zip files

2009-09-07 18:39:55
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Anecdote about backup of changing zip files
From: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:36:22 +1000
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Les Mikesell wrote:
> Nigel Kendrick wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the stats on ZIPped MS-SQL db files - that has saved me doing
>> some tests!
>
> I believe those stats use rsync -z which you can't do directly in backuppc.
Sorry, I should have mentioned the reason I used the -z is because
with backuppc I use rsyncd over ssh with compression, so I figured the
two methods should be similar...

>
> To get the benefit of both compression and rsync you might use rsync
over ssh
> with ssh compression enabled.  This can be a problem on windows, but I
think the
> latest versions work - or you might write the dump to a samba-share on
a linux
> box where it always works.  Or, use rsync -z in the script that zips
the file to
> push a copy local to the backuppc server. Originating rsync over ssh
commands
> has always worked on windows - the problem has been accepting them with
sshd.
rsyncd over ssh with compression has worked pretty well for me so far....
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