One thing to note WRT the effect of backups on users, is that the Windows
task scheduler is not (or at least was not) as advanced as the Linux
scheduler. It was a lot easier for one resource-hungry process to slow down
the whole system. Windows has gotten better over the years; but I suspect
there
On 22.11.2012 14:18, Jimmy Thrasibule wrote:
> Hello,
> Today I started to backup my users Windows computer via Rsyncd and
> complaints started to arrive.
>
> What are your solutions for backups to have less impact as possible on
> users?
I used the entries in rsyncd.conf for nice and ionice qu
> We use a set of scripts which do wake-on-lan and (if the system was off)
> shut them down after the backup. You're welcome to them:
>
> http://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/
Great! I'll take a look at this.
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Monit
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Jimmy Thrasibule
wrote:
> So, I'm looking for a solution for backups not to impact my users. One
> one the problem is that computers are usually off at night. I can limit
> the bandwidth via rsync parameters but what about the transfer duration?
> Maybe use wake o
> Hello,
>
> Until now I was backing up my servers with BackupPC, everything was
> fine, powerful machines, backup at night, life is beautiful.
>
> Today I started to backup my users Windows computer via Rsyncd and
> complaints started to arrive. Less powerful machines starting to get
> old, mach
Hi,
On Thursday 22 November 2012 14:54:54 Jimmy Thrasibule wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 13:35 +, Paulo Almeida wrote:
> > I don't use Windows myself, but would it be possible to link the backup
> > to the computer shutdown, so that when a user turns off the computer, it
> > first performs th
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 02:54:54PM +0100, Jimmy Thrasibule wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 13:35 +, Paulo Almeida wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hello,
>
> > I don't use Windows myself, but would it be possible to link the backup
> > to the computer shutdown, so that when a user turns off the computer, i
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 13:35 +, Paulo Almeida wrote:
> Hi,
Hello,
> I don't use Windows myself, but would it be possible to link the backup
> to the computer shutdown, so that when a user turns off the computer, it
> first performs the backup and then shuts down?
I really like this idea. But
Hi,
I don't use Windows myself, but would it be possible to link the backup
to the computer shutdown, so that when a user turns off the computer, it
first performs the backup and then shuts down?
Would it be reasonable to do the backups during lunch, using backuppc's
blackout periods?
There may
Hello,
Until now I was backing up my servers with BackupPC, everything was
fine, powerful machines, backup at night, life is beautiful.
Today I started to backup my users Windows computer via Rsyncd and
complaints started to arrive. Less powerful machines starting to get
old, machines getting slo
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