-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You want something real time like lsyncd.
On 09/29/11 19:57, Jason Usher wrote: > Let's say I have a slow, or high latency (or both) link between two hosts, > and transferring data is expensive. > > Is it possible with rsync (or any other tool like rsync) to maintain a local > metadata cache, such that I can rsync without transferring data to and from > the hosts about what files are already in place ? > > That is, I already "know" what is out there and don't need to check anything > - I can just use the state information on the sending end to send only the > data required, and don't need to traverse the remote filesystem for > sizes/datestamps/hashes/etc. > > Does this exist ? - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6FBhgACgkQVKC1jlbQAQe4cgCg91qePrvo0j5XvEgOxMOBEoHo P70AnRHby3Rd/wihPZXY3rLOXtCVZBl9 =GiFl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html