On 08/22/2017 01:42 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> I would argue that if you're doing a full checksum rsync of a
> multi-terabyte drive, you're probably going about the task wrong.  If I
> were to implement a scheme like this, I'd do volume-per-job, I'd use a
> run-after-job that appended the volume name to a list of volumes to be
> copied, and I wouldn't use rsync at all.  When you already know you want
> to copy an entire volume, rsync is an inefficient way to do it.

Yes, maybe I need to revisit that script: rsync seemed simple and easy
at the time, but that was before I ran into bacula's tape selection
algorithm. As soon as I get a fresh supply of round tuits...

-- 
Dimitri Maziuk
Programmer/sysadmin
BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu

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