> Rdist doesn't take a lot of memory or cpu time, so I can update all 14 machines
> simultaneously. If I tried that with rsync, my master server would not work
> very well because rsync is memory and cpu intensive.
I use rsync to backup 24 scattered machines (as of the last backup; two more
were added today, bringing it up to 26) in parallel. When this kicks off at 10PM,
the DSL line and the various ISDN lines all come to a standstill, but the CPUs
on the backup server barely sweat. The system is a dual 200mhz pentium pro with
192 meg of RAM.
Chris
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