-----Original Message----- From: Dan Langille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:58 PM To: Eli Shemer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bacula-devel] rsync link behavior
On Oct 1, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Eli Shemer wrote: > Hey there, > > After doing several incremental backups of our remote servers, I've > noticed the backup sizes and transfer time are just too long. > Making bacula almost completely improper for backing up remote > servers with big single files. > > I wanted to know whether someone actually got to implement an > incremental backup to act like rsync does upon file changes ? No. > > I'm looking to write a patch to the save_file callback in the bacula- > fd's backup procedure to utilize the gnu's diff and patches and to > send those over the line to the bacula-sd. Of course a corresponding > implementation in the storage device will also be required. > > Comments anyone ? > Have you considered rsyncing such files to local HDD then backing up? I did. But then why use bacula at all if I could just rsync everything ? -- Dan Langille http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
