Thanks for the replies, I'll test proposed methods, and I'll let you know how it went.
ftp is also a very useful thing to try for the full backup.... Regards, Hans E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andre Pang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 02:27 Subject: Re: rsync copy speed. > On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Andre Pang wrote: > > ssh is your problem > > I believe Hans said that he only uses ssh to startup the samba-using > process going, and then transfers all files "locally" with rsync. So, > the problem is that samba is doing all the data transfer over the > network instead of rsync. > > So Hans, if you're updating files on the destination drive (as opposed > to copying them whole onto an empty drive), a much better solution > would be to startup an rsync server (in read-only mode) on the Win98 > machine for the duration of the backup. This allows rsync to optimize > the data transfer. If you're copying files into an empty destination > drive, you might try using a recursive ftp grab or maybe using > something like this: > > cd /path > tar cf - . | gzip | ssh backup '(cd /backup/path; gunzip | tar xpf -)' > > I know there are tar and gzip utilities available for Win98. > > ..wayne.. > > >
