On Sat, January 19, 2008 3:24 am, Vincent Stemen wrote: > The only actual comparison test results I have found so far, other than > what I posted, are from Justin Sherril, who posted some test > results on the dragonfly.users mailing list back in April of 2007 > indicating cvsup was moderately faster at the time. So far as I can > tell, he only tested the client side as well.
I was actually surprised to see cvsup faster at the time. Speed isn't of paramount importance here - one doesn't exclude the other from being used. The 'best' choice is probably the one that is easiest to set up, most widely available, and the most well-documented. That will probably be rsync in the near future. Interestingly, I was just looking at a tool at my workplace that uses rsync for daily backups from a good number of systems (~350 or so). Its biggest impact was in terms of processing power, especially on the server. As Garance said, the effect on the mirroring host is also important.
