Ben Oswald wrote:
Hey,
I'm using rsync to backup my server but there is a problem because
rsync is using very huge amounts traffic. But first to the setup. The
server I backup has 4GB of data and I use the following command to
backup this data. /usr/bin/rsync -aze 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/backup.ke
On Mon 03 Dec 2012, Ben Oswald wrote:
>
> I've tested your advise for a few days now but is seems like the
> problem isn't solved. The traffice is now lower, about 15GB per backup,
> but still 4 times bigger than the whole data on the server. Is there an
> other option of rsync I can give a try.
Hey,
I've tested your advise for a few days now but is seems like the
problem isn't solved. The traffice is now lower, about 15GB per backup,
but still 4 times bigger than the whole data on the server. Is there an
other option of rsync I can give a try.
Regards,
Ben Oswald
Am Thu, 29 Nov 2012
Hello,
First things I'm thinking of is :
1. Do you have inside your backup tree some links that point outside the
filesystem ? (ie. some mounted folder) If so, add the -x flag (don't cross
filesystem boundaries)
2. Do you have some hard links inside your tree that may create recursive
loops ? If s
