Re: does the incremental rsync algorithm save on storage?

2007-07-17 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 07:27:51PM -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: > I can't think of an easy way to produce a chain of forward deltas. A chain of forward deltas requires an extra copy of the backup data. So, you'd need a start point, an end point, and the deltas would be generated while updating the

Re: does the incremental rsync algorithm save on storage?

2007-07-17 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 7/17/07, Noah Leaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From what I understand, the incremental rsync algorithm saves on network bandwidth, but does rsync then just merge that delta data to end up with the new version and full sized file on the destination filesystem? Correct. I have these Micr

does the incremental rsync algorithm save on storage?

2007-07-17 Thread Noah Leaman
>From what I understand, the incremental rsync algorithm saves on network >bandwidth, but does rsync then just merge that delta data to end up with the >new version and full sized file on the destination filesystem? I have these Microsoft Entourage databases files that modified often and can be