-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Birnbaum wrote: > Greetings, > > I've been using BackupPC for several years now, but one problem that I've > never > come up with a good answer for is when a single large file is too big to > transfer completely in the time the backup can run before timing out. For > example, a 10M local datafile, backing up over a 768k upstream DSL, ends up > stalling the backup because it can never get past that file. > > Does anyone have a workaround or fix for this? Is it possible to change > BackupPC so it doesn't remove the in-progress file, but instead copies it > into > the pool so rsync will pick up where it left off last time? There doesn't > seem > to be any downside to leaving off on the transfer where it was.
It sounds like the only possible problem is that you may restore the file thinking it is the last successful backup of the file, but really it was only a partial copy of the file. Overall though, I think it is a great idea. Especially on a initial backup where you might have a number of large files being backed up that never succeed. The only way I get around this is to massively increase the timeout value, and set a bwlimit for rsync, and then let it run over however many days it takes to complete the backup. BTW, it would be *really* nice if when doing rsync backups we didn't need to transfer the entire file even though it already exists in the pool (ie, from a backup of another host). Regards, Adam - -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers Ph: +61 2 8304 0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +61 2 8304 0001 www.websitemanagers.com.au Please note, all email from me sent after August 2007 will be signed. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH/ZcaGyoxogrTyiURAvymAJ9BaAtvf9JbPFCGwQxcPZU7nSwGSQCfaKiv VjUNAnJ79zDLy6dvkoBFato= =ejGu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ 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/
