Les Mikesell <lesmikesell <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> On 2/24/11 9:34 PM, John Goerzen wrote:
> If you rename a directory, you won't get the old contents
> underneath in their
> new locations either. You'll still have the backup in the
> old path but might not know where to find it.
That is a good point, and probably true.
> You might do better with the --whole-file option on rsync if your
server is
> slow doing the delta/merge operations.
Is that permissible? There is a big fat warning against mucking with
rsync options.
Anyhow, the problem I'm referring to is this one: http://bit.ly/hIxTqE
In short, rsync on the remote end is slow doing the delta operations,
but only
when it's BackupPC talking to it. If it's regular rsync talking to it, a
10-hour operation shrinks to a few minutes.
> > * The rsync backend for BackupPC is probably not useful unless
> > Internet backups or small backup sets to fast disks are involved.
>
> That's perhaps an overstatement. But you do need
> relatively fast hardware on the server side.
That is true.
>
> > * The "limitations" of the tar backend have been exaggerated,
> > at least
> > for backing up Linux systems with using POSIX-obeying filesystems
> > with GNU tar. (vfat under Linux may still exhibit the limitations
> > documented, for instance.)
>
> I think the docs combine the smb/tar description for this, and you
> would see
> the effect as described when using smb or tar on a client filesystem
> that doesn't support different mtime/ctime values.
Yes, indeed. That's why I inserted a few qualifiers into my statement ;-)
-- John
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in
Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data
generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual
or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business
insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
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/
|
