error403 wrote at about 09:04:29 -0400 on Wednesday, July 1, 2009: > > Hello, > > I had troubles using the rsync(d) method (crashed my server) so I used a > workaround: create a sshfs mount and "locally" backup its files. To prevent > empty backups, I changed the ping command to ssh u...@hostname whoami to > emulate a response if successful, or return no ping if not connected. I > figured that out the long way because I had a few empty backups (the > mounting directory was empty).
I still think you need to figure out why 'rsync' is crashing your server. Rsync/rsyncd is generally faster, more efficient, and more robust than the tar method. Also rsync is pretty darn well tested and stable so if it is crashing "your server" there may well be something else more fundamentally broken. Even if rsync runs out of memory, it should still fail gracefully and not crash the server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
