On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Kenneth Porter <sh...@sewingwitch.com> wrote: > > The total size is 0.5 TB according to the Host Summary page. The network is > 100 Mbit. The server is a Dell PE2900 with 4 GB. Probably the slowest link > is the external USB drive used to hold the backup on the server, formatted > as ext3. The client is mostly used for solid modeling. > > I believe I'm using the default rsync args and don't know if there's > anything I can do to improve things there: > > '--numeric-ids', > '--perms', > '--owner', > '--group', > '-D', > '--links', > '--hard-links', > '--times', > '--block-size=2048', > '--recursive', > > The rsyncd service running on the Windows client is from cwrsync, version > 3.0.8.
See the docs about adding '--checksum-seed=32761'. It will save reading/uncompressing the server-side copy for the next comparison, but note that it doesn't start working until after the 2nd full run with an unchanged file. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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/