On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 06:53:01PM +0800, Hans E. Kristiansen wrote: > Each client uses ssh to start a server script in their home > directories, which in turn mounts the client drive to perform > the actual backup. > > On other days, I use rsync -avW, ( which is marginally better > than -av ), together with a --compare-dest to the Monday backup, > as to limit the number of files selected for backup.
ssh is your problem; remember it takes CPU time to compress everything, and over a 100MBit network, ssh takes far more CPU time than rsync, which slows down the transfer considerably. if you don't need ssh, take 10 minutes to set up rsyncd (rsync --daemon mode), and copy it that way. i've found that is far more reliable than transferring over ssh, and it's _much_ faster, too. -- #ozone/algorithm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - trust.in.love.to.save
