BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] One server takes too long to backup

2009-09-11 13:56:09
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] One server takes too long to backup
From: Dan Pritts <danno AT internet2 DOT edu>
To: jeremy AT biochem.uthscsa DOT edu, "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:52:45 -0400
> In the configuration I have 1 entry for this directory, which is /export.
> I'm curious if should redo the configuration file and add a line for each
> subdirectory. Would this speed it up?

possibly.

if you're using rsync as the transport, rsync memory requirement
scales with the number of files.  if rsync is swapping on the backup client,
that won't be good.  So splitting it could help.

however, it'd be a lose if multiple jobs tried to run in parallel to
this same backup client.



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