>> If you use the rsyncd method you can limit the number of simultaneous 
>> connections.
>>
>> In rsyncd.conf set:
>>
>> max connections = 1
>>     
>
> yes, but that's on the side of the backed up host, meaning it would only
> work to ensure no two "hosts" pointing to the same machine via
> ClientNameAlias were backed up simultaneously, wouldn't it?
>   
Yes, sorry I misread the thread. In my case I have sections of the file 
server backed up separately, so e.g. mailboxes are backed up separately 
to the working files. So I use this to get around the disk thrashing 
while backing up the two sections.

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