-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Holger Parplies wrote: > a) rsync full backups are only minimally more expensive than incrementals in > terms of bandwidth. Still, every file needs to be completely read from disk > on both sides, so there is a good reason to offer an "incremental" mode as > a speedup.
BTW, 2 x rsync incrementals of the same level will transfer more data than one full + one incremental. So for example, doing 6 incrementals followed by a full backup can in fact transfer a lot more data than doing 7 full backups. eg, if a file changes after the full backup, then each incremental backup will re-transfer those changes. While a full will transfer the changes but the following full/incremental will not re-transfer those changes. Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIvxX3GyoxogrTyiURAiV9AJ4+GJ8GNovw9zn0Wu9MXX+ljcu+gwCgiT9c qGiiiczNXli+FECyNHupcXE= =NKkk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
