Re: two quick conceptual questions RE: rsync (and rsyncing snapshots)

2005-11-01 Thread Chuck Swiger
user wrote: First, how does rsync respond to, and perform, when the source filesystem is under very heavy change ? If I have a filesystem that I want to rsync up to a backup server, but that filesystem is _very busy_ with the creation, destruction and changing of files, how well does rsync

Re: two quick conceptual questions RE: rsync (and rsyncing snapshots)

2005-11-01 Thread user
Chuck - thank you... On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Chuck Swiger wrote: rsync complains when the filesystem changes underneath it, but it will continue to run. On the other hand, rsync is not going to safely maintain the referential integrity of a complex file like a live database, but it's okay

Re: two quick conceptual questions RE: rsync (and rsyncing snapshots)

2005-11-01 Thread Chuck Swiger
user wrote: Chuck - thank you... Sure. On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Chuck Swiger wrote: rsync complains when the filesystem changes underneath it, but it will continue to run. On the other hand, rsync is not going to safely maintain the referential integrity of a complex file like a live database,