BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] archive host tar and hardlink problems

2012-06-19 00:38:58
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] archive host tar and hardlink problems
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:37:34 -0500
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Shawn Carroll <shawn AT pcc DOT com> wrote:
>
>> Because I do not want to spend cpu time on ssh - And why not rsyncd
>> for local LAN. It should be done that way when encryption is not
>> needed.
>
> Does anyone choose to deal with this by simply specifying no encryption as an 
> ssh option?

I used to specify blowfish which is pretty lightweight back in pentium
III days, but really, what else does your CPU have to do during the
backup time?  You are mostly disk bound anyway -  unless maybe you are
using IDE or USB drives that need CPU for the I/O work.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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