Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 09/09 06:11 , Craig Barratt wrote:
>> Rob writes:
>>> I just noticed the $Conf{IncrLevels} setting. I'm using rsync and
>>> rsyncd as my transport, and I'd like to minimize my network usage since
>>> I'm backing up over the internet. I don't care about disk or cpu usage.
>>>
>>> Does setting:
>>> $Conf{IncrLevels} = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
>>> do anything to reduce my network usage? Or does rsync and the pooling
>>> mechanism already take care of that "behind the scenes".
>> Yes, it will reduce the network usage. In 3.x each incremental depends
>> on the backup of the next lower level, so this means a new file that
>> appears after the last full will only be transferred once.
>>
>> Craig
>
> Is there any reason for this not to be set, or even to be the default?
>
I'd love to know the answer to this question. Anybody?
-Rob
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