actually, the simple truth is that a full rsync rescans every single file
while an incremental only scans for files that have changes. it just takes
more time to look at every file vs ashort list.
On 10/29/07, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Toni Van Remortel wrote:
>
> > Although I use rsync for all backups, full backups are generally
> > slower
> > than incremental backups (up to 5 times).
> >
> > What can be the cause?
> >
> > Some system info on the backup server:
> > - Core2Duo E6300
> > - 2GB Ram
> > - /var/lib/backuppc on SW RAID5 (8 disks) (170MBps transfer rate
> > reported by hdparm -t)
>
> The fact that full backups are more resource intensive? When using
> rsync also client RAM is important (server RAM is too of course).
>
> Nils Breunese.
>
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