On May 27, 2010, at 08:53 , Peter Thomassen wrote: > > But how can I estimate how long rsync needs to determine which files > to > transfer? I'd like to do the whole backup process at night, and I feel > that this could be impossible. > > Thanks!
The biggest factor is how many files this is, which I don't see in your message. if it's 1 5GB file, then it might take seconds to calculate the changes. if it's 5 million files, then it's going to take a lot longer, perhaps hours. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/
