-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04.01.12 16:54 brian wrote:
> The advantage over using rsync directly is that the rsync would > take a long time, sending all the data over the WAN. This way the > rsync is over quickly and dropbox forwards the stuff in the > background as fast as the WAN supports. I'm sorry, but I'll have to contradict you there, please correct me if I'm wrong. If you are using rsync or dirvish, it should just copy the pieces across the internet, that have been changed. So it would not transfer whole files just because of one bit that has changed. I have not tried to use dropbox with hardlinked files, but I assume that dropbox would treat all files as separate, and will transfer each and everyone of them to the server (taking up time and space there). So, dropbox is working with simple files, but using it to store dirvish backups online seems to be losing dirvish's advantages. Again, please correct me if I'm wrong. Regards, Johannes - -- In this world in which we live, simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders. (Frank L. Baum, The Wizard of Oz, Introduction, April 1900) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8FPEcACgkQzi3gQ/xETbK7GQCfUer5mJCg7y2qM4J5KYHnlssd IP8AnRTEW1qKbPHikcmW66Fex2KF4rBL =FnlU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
