Hello, I've been using backuppc for some time to backup windows clients using the rsync/cygwin package available on backuppc's sourceforce repository. The backuppc server is not in my local network, and machines are being backed up over the internet, wich takes some time at first (several weeks), but once the pool is populated it runs like a charm.
The problem i face is that if I edit/add a module, or move a directory on the windows client, even if the content of the directory is identical, backuppc will redownload all the content before doing it's md5 hash, wich takes several weeks all over again, even if the files are already present in the pool. What actually happens : Backuppc downloads the file > hash > file already in the pool > hardlink created Is there a way to ask rsync to hash the files on the client side to prevent downloading them again? What i wish would happen : Backcuppc asks rsync to hash the file > hash on client > compare client hash with pool hash > file already in the pool > no download > hardlink created Thank you ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ 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/
