On May 27, 2010, at 08:53 , Peter Thomassen wrote:

>
> But how can I estimate how long rsync needs to determine which files  
> to
> transfer? I'd like to do the whole backup process at night, and I feel
> that this could be impossible.
>
> Thanks!


The biggest factor is how many files this is, which I don't see in  
your message.  if it's 1 5GB file, then it might take seconds to  
calculate the changes.
if it's 5 million files, then it's going to take a lot longer, perhaps  
hours.

Peter

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