dan wrote: > consider > 1) do you need to backup all of the files on that system? are there > some large files or mp3 or video files that can be skipped? > consider narrowing the scope of the backup to just appropriate files. > 2) consider compressing the data. With such a small pipe you will > be able to realize some benefit to using maximum compression with > rsync. > 3) consider bumping up the available bandwidth. I buy DSL lines in > many markets for my company and have never seen a situation where > getting a 256Kb upload cost substantially more than a 128Kb link. > 3a) sounds like you might be using ADSL, see if SDSL is available or > see if there is a plan with more upload and the same download > capacity. > 4) consider changing the full backup script in backuppc to NOT use > the no-times option that causes all of the files to be transfered. > This would make this essentially an incremental backup that sticks > around. I have great success in doing 1 full backup and a month > worth of incrementals. Saves a TON of bandwidth and shortens > backups considerably. I can backup a server with 4GB of data that > changes infrequently in about 10Minutes via incrementals vs 3 Hours > for a full over a 256Kb link. The vast majority of the time is > search for and transfering the file list because the server has > email which is so small. This server has nearly 1 million files > which gives rsync a workout.
I'd try excluding some large directories, make sure that the backups succeed and then slowly remove the excludes one by one and build up your full backup that way. Once everything is on the remote backup server things might go smoother. Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
