Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-25 Thread Craig Barratt
Holger writes: I like the idea of taking *any* identical file from the pool as reference though. I don't know if it is possible (i.e. whether the remote rsync will transfer one checksum covering the whole file before the local part needs to commit to selecting one file), but it certainly

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-24 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Krsnendu dasa wrote on 21.01.2007 at 13:45:55 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times]: On 20/01/07, Holger Parplies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read, that backuppc stores every identical file only one time. Basically true, but BackupPC needs to determine that the file

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-24 Thread Timothy J. Massey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/24/2007 09:28:51 PM: I like the idea of taking *any* identical file from the pool as reference though. I don't know if it is possible (i.e. whether the remote rsync will transfer one checksum covering the whole file before the local part needs to commit to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-24 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Timothy J. Massey wrote on 24.01.2007 at 23:21:28 (04. Woche) [Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/24/2007 09:28:51 PM: I like the idea of taking *any* identical file from the pool as reference though. I don't know if it is possible (i.e

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-20 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
, Clemens von Musil wrote on 20.01.2007 at 00:31:12 [[BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times]: [...] One configured backup host has a very slow network connection - a full backup lasts about two days. Because of the exclusive run of backuppc_nightly in 2.xx, I learned, this full backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-20 Thread Krsnendu dasa
On 20/01/07, Holger Parplies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read, that backuppc stores every identical file only one time. Basically true, but BackupPC needs to determine that the file is identical to something and to what. Sparing you the transfer (if possible with reasonable cost) is rsyncs

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-20 Thread Stephen Joyce
in the BackupPC documentation? Nils Breunese. Holger Parplies wrote: Hi, Clemens von Musil wrote on 20.01.2007 at 00:31:12 [[BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times]: [...] One configured backup host has a very slow network connection - a full backup lasts about two days. Because

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Krsnendu dasa wrote: So... With tar and smb the file is transfered then it is checked to see if it is the same as a file already in the pool. If it is already in the pool a link is created and the copied file is deleted. Whereas rsync checks if the file is the same as another in the pool

[BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-19 Thread Clemens von Musil
Hi all, while playing with backuppc, I got some new questions... New at least for me ;-) One configured backup host has a very slow network connection - a full backup lasts about two days. Because of the exclusive run of backuppc_nightly in 2.xx, I learned, this full backup stalls all other

Re: [BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times

2007-01-19 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Clemens von Musil wrote on 20.01.2007 at 00:31:12 [[BackupPC-users] Avoiding long backup times]: [...] One configured backup host has a very slow network connection - a full backup lasts about two days. Because of the exclusive run of backuppc_nightly in 2.xx, I learned, this full