Am I missing the point here or why not build the snapshots yourself? The incemental daily source change can't be more than a few kB.
Cheers, Max On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Siju George <[email protected]> wrote: > OK let me clarify :-) > > Suppose I download a snapshot image-Monday 2.x GB > And I want to download a snapshot image-Thursday 2.x GB > > I was requesting for a method to just copy the difference between the files > I am sorry rsync was not the right choice :-( > > I think you might need bit-torrent to do that. > Could you configure bit-torrent? or something similar. > May be add this feature to your cpdup ;-) > > Just asking because in India at least in my state Kerala the initial speed > a normal man can afford it 1-2 mbps. But if you transfer 1-2 GB Data ( > depends on the ISP ) the speed is reduced to 512/256 kbps. So it takes > hours to download an image. Sometimes we put it for download when we go to > bed to get the image only next morning > > It would be great if you come up with a solution. > Of course, this is only an issue with countries and places with limited > internet bandwidth. > > Thanks :-) > > --Siju > > > > On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Matthew Dillon <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think that's up to the individual mirror sites to decide what they want >> to pull. The snapshots directory keeps two months worth of snapshots and >> is approximately 38GB of data. It also adds half a gigabyte a day in new >> data, so not all mirrors are going to want to pull it. >> >> -Matt >> >> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Siju George <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Matt, >>> >>> Could you please configure rsync for the transfer of daily snapshots so >>> that those of us in countries with low bandwidth internet connection can >>> skip downloading a big file everytime? >>> >>> Thanks :-) >>> >>> Siju >>> >> >> >
