That is basically what I do when setting up a new client for remote backups. I copy their data to an external drive of some sort, then to the destination server. Then remote backups will keep things updated from there.
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Franck Y Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:37 PM To: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Strategy No one ???? On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Franck Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I am building another backup server. I want to copy the data to be able to have a perfect copy on both server. If i tar the folder (that i want to sync) on my current computer and i move it to the new one and untar it. When i will sync it first, will he download again the data ? The amount of data is pretty huge (50 Go) ? If yes do you have any other plan ? Thanks for you enlightenment Franck -- Franck
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