Re: Simplest script to backup many Linux servers

2002-03-14 Thread Dave Dykstra
The only thing you might be able to improve is to split it up into a small number of separate runs, perhaps based on the top level directory name. That may or may not improve your overall time: the reason it might improve time is that rsync uses up some memory for every file in a run that it cons

Simplest script to backup many Linux servers

2002-03-12 Thread Kerry Cox
Okay, I've been lurking on this list for several weeks and have finally gotten rsync to work well when transferring files from one box to another. It is really great for passing lots of files from one machine to another, i.e. ripped MP3 to my home Linux machine, as one example. Now I am ready to t