9:55am, Les Mikesell wrote: > dan wrote: >> Since you have that option, I would suggest you use the USB. nfs isn't >> really very good with backuppc as a file pool. >> >> the more files you have, the more the nfs is going to slow you down. >> USB wont be so bad but wont compare to a sata, ide, or scsi drive in IO. > > Usually the slowdown with NFS comes from the sync option which forces > the server to flush every write to disk before reporting status, > something that isn't required on local writes. If the NFS server is on > a UPS and has a reliable OS and network, using the async option should > not be much more of a risk than writing to local drives. > > --
sync is an issue with NFS primarily because of the multiple access nature of the protocol (many clients accessing the same fs). But using it exclusively for backuppc eliminates that issue. Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
