Re: PST Rsync Issues

2008-03-05 Thread dfirth
I sync a lot of pst files, many well over 2 gb. Amount of data transferred varies, but is usually between 20 and 100MB for a 1 to 3 gb file. The largest file I sync is about 5 GB. Rsync works pretty well. tanstaafl_bh wrote: On 3/3/2008, Jason Haar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Basically PST

Re: PST Rsync Issues

2008-03-03 Thread Jason Haar
Jon Watson wrote: I'm curious if PSTs are just un-rsyncable due to their makeup or if there is something I can do to pare down this transfer and subsequent storage. Any tips or ideas are welcome. Outlook PST files are effectively database files. They can be optionally compressed and

Re: PST Rsync Issues

2008-03-03 Thread Charles Marcus
On 3/3/2008, Jason Haar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Basically PST (and OST) files don't play nicely with differential copy tools. They also get very unstable the closer to 2GB in size you get... I'd never let a PST file get over about 500MB - had too many problems when I did (don't use it any