Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up large files from windows machines

I believe that those limits, as documented, are out of date. I know the cygwin rsync had such a limit (but I thought it was 2 or 4G), but that has since been resolved if using the latest distribution from cygwin. I currently have one 68G file in one of my backups performed using SMB. Hmm, thinki

[BackupPC-users] backing up large files from windows machines

so what do we use to back up large files on windows machines? the documentation implies that samba has a 4 gig limit, and that rsync might have an 8 gig limit. then what...? thanks! -- We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations... ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing-up large files

On Tuesday 20 September 2005 20:38, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 08:19, Olivier LAHAYE wrote: > > Would it be possible to store rdiffs of the file instead of the whole > > file. > > > > I mean: > > In the pool/cpool directory, instead of naming the file by its md5 sum, a > > director

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing-up large files

On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 08:19, Olivier LAHAYE wrote: > Would it be possible to store rdiffs of the file instead of the whole file. > > I mean: > In the pool/cpool directory, instead of naming the file by its md5 sum, a > directory with that name could be created and the file would be named cur and

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing-up large files

Would it be possible to store rdiffs of the file instead of the whole file. I mean: In the pool/cpool directory, instead of naming the file by its md5 sum, a directory with that name could be created and the file would be named cur and rdiffs would be named 0 1 2 3 4 At each storage, of co

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing-up large files

Jean-Christophe Pinoteau writes: > I am newbie on BackupPC and I am planning to use it to backup users > data on several hosts. > > There is a question I couldn't find an answer for in the manual: how > does BackupPC deals with large files like databases ? When BackupPC > creates a new inc

[BackupPC-users] Backing-up large files

Hi, I am newbie on BackupPC and I am planning to use it to backup users data on several hosts. There is a question I couldn't find an answer for in the manual: how does BackupPC deals with large files like databases ? When BackupPC creates a new increment will it store the all file or ju