RE: rsync algorithm for large files

2009-09-05 Thread eharvey
Yup, by doing --inplace, I got down from 30 mins to 24 mins... So that's slightly better than resending the whole file again. However, this doesn't really do what I was hoping to do. Perhaps it can't be done, or somebody would like to recommend some other product that is more well suited for m

rsync algorithm for large files

2009-09-04 Thread eharvey
I thought rsync, would calculate checksums of large files that have changed timestamps or filesizes, and send only the chunks which changed. Is this not correct? My goal is to come up with a reasonable (fast and efficient) way for me to daily incrementally backup my Parallels virtual machine (a d