Re: rsync bandwidth usage

2008-04-22 Thread jp
For situations where it's all new files, using -W would make it a lot more efficient and less CPU intensive. You can ask rsync to be slower with it's built in bandwidth limiting options. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:14:02PM +0100, Joao Ferreira wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 12:18 +0200, Fabia

Re: Incremental file updates over a network, NFS?

2008-03-18 Thread jp
For internal stuff, there is a hosts allow/deny feature built right into the rsync configuration file to allow rsync storageplaces access to only from a particular IP address. For general Internet stuff, I too did not want interactive logins, thus preventing the ssh key method of using ssh to e

Re: Using rsync to syncronize two unmounted disk partitions

2006-03-20 Thread jp
For duping drives or big partitions I usually use dd with a bs of 1M. Haven't tried it with ssh yet. On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:54:32AM -0600, John Van Essen wrote: > On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Antonio Arauzo Azofra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks to your message I did a new test, and it see

Re: Question about rsync and BIG mirror

2006-03-06 Thread jp
100gb of 4-40MB files sounds like my home PC full of digital photos I've taken. It backs up to a linux PC right beside it with rsync. I don't really call it that big a project for rsync. Big things for rsync are millions of files. At 100mbps, it takes a few seconds to build the list. I use the

(code 12) at io.c(177) error

2003-06-19 Thread jp
We are using rsync to backup files from a bunch of computers to a central server using rsync in --daemon mode. I've got a problem and are looking for suggestions. I'm not a newbie to rsync and have checked the archives without getting any useable conclusions. Our old server works great - a redh

Re: [2.5.6] File table overflow

2003-02-28 Thread jp
I've seen this happen if you are backing up something while files are being very volatile. E.G. If you backup / and exclude nothing, and after the file list is built and before you backup certain files in a busy queue under /var/spool/postfix/, those files could be gone before your backup gets arou

Re: Speed tests

2002-11-15 Thread jp
> Hi all > > I hope no one minds but I was asked to post my timetrial findings back > to the list. > Hope it helps someone else as well, if you have any suggestions please > mention them as I need all the speed that I can get > > The scenaro is as follows > I have to switch mail servers and I n

Re: hosts allow = wildcards

2002-03-06 Thread jp
> Hello! > > A good day to you all. i would like to know the exact > syntax for the hosts allow and hosts deny line. The > documentation states that the standard unix wildcards > will do , but i have nothad any success when i set > the ff options: > hosts allow = 192.168.37.* > hosts allow = 192

Re: are redhat updates rsyncable

2001-01-24 Thread jp
> > > Anyone here know if redhat linux updates can be rsynced? > > If so, is it necessary to have rsh installed. > > I guess what I really need is to see the commands necessary to connect > to a redhat `updates' ftp site with rsync. If it is even possible. > I have a script that I run with