I think the important point here is the number of hard-links, rsync can have problems in those situations because it has to search them all and keep track of them (https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2014-June/029537.html)
> > I am trying to backup a large directory tree with BackupPC v4.? This > > directory is 660GB and contains over 25 million files with about 3 > > million hard links.? The initial backup ran for 2 weeks before dying > > with an rsync error.? It is showing as a partial backup, but it doesn't > > show a file count. > > My 'home' directory on my desktop machine at work for example is half > that size, and just over a million files, although it contains only a > few thousand hard links. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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/
