Need link Dave
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 1:52 AM Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > Wols Lists wrote: > > On 18/12/2022 22:11, Dale wrote: > >> Wol wrote: > >>> On 18/12/2022 18:59, Dale wrote: > >>>> Since this is local, I just use rsync to do my backups. I did have to > >>>> change the options a bit. It seems TrueNAS doesn't like some of the > >>>> permissions or something. > >>> > >>> Are you running the rsync daemon on the NAS? I'm probably teaching > >>> grandma to suck eggs, but that massively reduces the need for network > >>> traffic. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Wol > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> I mount the NAS on my Gentoo rig. I mount it under /mnt. Then I run > >> rsync and copy from the source to the mount point for the NAS. I may > >> could go the other way but never thought about doing it that way. Kinda > >> sounds backwards to me but I dunno. ;-) > >> > > Sounds to me like you're doing it all wrong either way ... > > > > What is *supposed* to happen is that you have the daemon running on > > one machine and the client on the other - doesn't matter which. > > > > Then the client tells the daemon what files are to be copied, THE TWO > > COMPARE CHECKSUMS, and only the stuff that fails the checksum is > > copied. So if you're doing an incremental backup, network usage and > > writes are kept to a minimum. > > > > I tell people to an in-place backup if they're running on a snapshot > > setup, because again it only writes stuff that has actually changed. > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > > > > > > Do you have a link to the proper way to do it? I don't copy to a > different machine often so my current method may be the problem. Maybe > the way you mention will work much better, even a little better would be > nice. ;-) > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
