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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