Hello! Some time ago, someone e-mailed a script that performed a dd/netcat in an rsync-like manner: it hashed blocks of the disk and if they matched between the two sides they were not sent. If they didn't, the block was sent. The idea was to limit the amount of data that would be sent in a dd to the relative minimum amount of data that has changed.
I've tried and tried to find this thing, but I just plain cannot--either in the list archives or anywhere else Google searches. Does anyone have such a script--or even know what I'm talking about? I think this might have been a home-grown script, but it would be very useful, given that currently the only way to effectively clone a backup server is dd, and dd'ing a 500GB partition is not exactly practical, especially when only a few gig has actually changed from the last time... Tim Masesy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
