Holger Parplies wrote: > the reference backup > for an incremental rsync backup is the *previous backup of lower level* of the > host. Level 1 incrementals will re-transmit any changed files until the next > full backup (because they are relative to the previous full, not to each > other).
That seems wasteful. Why is it like that? > The next full will not re-transmit these files (unless they have > changed once again). So it's possible that a full backup runs faster than an incremental because it doesn't have to transmit everything again? Daniel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ 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/
