I'd hate to think about running these cables! :-D Jack Coats wrote: > Barbed wire at 300 Baud? ... Slow is a relative term. It will work over > 'anything', but slower takes > longer. If you do it over an encrypted link over a ISDN or dialup line, > backing up anything > of significant size will talke a long time. > > My link is only about 150kbps, and doing online backups is not an option > for more than a few > critical and control files. I on occasion use drbackup.net ... But it > does work. > > I have used a vpn over it, and response is 'slow' for full remote > desktop sessions to be kind. > And at my house we have 3 to 5 computers using it concurrently on > occasion. My wife and > I are the 'standard load'. I download software, she e-mails spread > sheets and pictures. > This little sprint wireless connection gets a workout. > > Whats slow? 2400 baud was great when I came from a 110baud tty. Now, > my kids think 1.5Mbit > T1 is slow after having 100MBit and 1GBit to their dorm rooms. > > As Einstein conjectured, ... It is all relative. > > Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > >> So what is considered a "slow" connection? >> >> Andy >> >> Don Delp wrote: >> >> >>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM, t35t0r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>> When I recently asked about backups for my home network[0], I ended up >>>>> going with BackupPC. It's great for me, but might not work for you if >>>>> you have to transfer over a slow link. The biggest benefits have been >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Isn't rsync supposed to be made for transferring files over a slow >>>> link? We setup BackupPC to use rsync with rsync running in daemon mode >>>> via xinetd on all of the client systems we need to backup. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I don't have any experience with rsync over a slow connection. My >>> "might not" was based on Howard's report of issues on a slow >>> connection. >>> >>> You make me want to set up a test case now. :P Bye-bye productivity >>> - I need to set up a vpn or something. >>> >>> Google suggests that rsync is the way to go over slow connections. My >>> hope is that the client doesn't need to closely examine files on the >>> server to know what needs to be updated. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > >
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