i might be lying, BUT... i think that rsync is better at continuing interrupted transfers??
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Monte Milanuk <[email protected]> wrote: > So... got an old PC online and running as a Linux file server, running ssh > and samba. Main OS is on a 13.8GB PATA drive, with a 12.2GB / partition, > and a 1.5GB partition for swap. There are two 500GB SATA drives set up in a > software RAID 1 configuration mounted under /srv. I have BackupPC running, > and I am trying to get the initial full backup done. Unfortunately this is > proving to be more of a PITA than I had anticipated. > > The network layout is like this: PPPOE over fiber to the ISP. I have a > Buffalo wifi router/access point plugged into the wall, connected to the > ISP. I have the following connected via 802.11g wireless: a Macbook (mine), > another Macbook (wife's from the school district), the daughter's HP laptop > (when she's home), and my main HP desktop PC (actually this has an Atheros > a/b/g/n dual channel wireless adapter, but the main network is 802.11g). > Also connected to the wifi router via a cat5 ethernet cable to one of the > LAN ports is the server. > > The plan *was* to backup the 'Users' directory on the desktop PC, the HP > laptop, and the two macboooks... and then perhaps use the 'Archive' function > of BackupPC to an external hard drive for a little additional peace of mind. > > The problem is... the drive capacities are huge relative to the network > speeds I'm getting. The desktop has a 640GB hard drive, and the laptop has > a 500GB hard drive. The two macbooks have 40-60GB hard drives, but they are > both getting close to end of life. The two larger machines aren't anywhere > near full, but even after setting the config.pf file for BackupPC to skip > any CD/DVD images, Virtualbox disk images, or TrueCrypt volumes, the > remainder on the desktop PC is considerable - lots of pictures and videos > and a metric crap load in the iTunes directory ;) With a *peak* transfer > rate from the PC of about 20 Mbit/s, and average somewhere below 15... well, > the Atheros wifi adapter has locked up about five times already, requiring > me to restart the full backup :( > > Once it gets done - if it gets done... subsequent incremental backups > shouldn't be so bad - until I download another seasons worth of a television > series ;) > > I figure I can hook the laptops up via ethernet and speed things up > considerably, at least for that first full backup. Would doing the transfer > over ssh/rsync be noticeably faster than using Samba, considering the weak > link seems to be the wifi connection? I've also thought of going ahead and > getting that external drive I mentioned earlier, backing up to it from the > PC and then using it to 'pre-seed' the backup directory on the server. If > it worked the way I'm picturing in my mind, it'd be a fairly convoluted > evolution, and definitely not something I'd want to do on a regular basis. > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions short of packing up the desktop PC > and hauling it downstairs to hook up to the router via cat5... I'm open. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
