Hi, clint woodrow wrote on 2009-06-02 19:50:08 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] SMB vs RSYNCD]: > Matthias Meyer wrote: > > rsync(d) transmit only changed parts of a file (http://www.samba.org/rsync). > > e.g. a 2.6 GB mailbox.pst and receive one new mail at sunday. rsync will > > only transmit this one new mail. > [...] > Up to this point, I've assumed I wouldn't be able to roll PSTs into the > backups because they'd be too large to send over the limited bandwidth > every night and that they'd take too much space in the pool. From what > Matthias has said, it looks like as long as we have the initial backup, > subsequent backups shouldn't take nearly as long since rsync is sending > changes only.
this is true as long as rsync can properly detect the changes. I don't know anything about the format of PST files. rsync usually does a good job, so if the changes are typically small and local, it will probably work. You can always test with command line rsync (use '-v' and '-P', see the man page for details). > Can I also take from this that BackupPC won't be storing full copies for > every backup? No, as Adam has explained. If it's any consolation, there are also Linux MUAs (evolution) that consider mbox format such a good idea that they don't seem to support maildir format. Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ 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/
