On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 02:30:56PM +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > [cut] > > > You need regular full backups as a means to *cut down* the > > traffic. Search the archives for countless explanations of > > why this is so. There's also an incorrect explanation in the > > Wiki which I'll correct once I get around to it. > > So you are telling me that *in fact* there is just ONE full backup being > done (the very first time), right? > Well, what about the "full backups" being made every "$Conf{FullPeriod} > = 6.97;"? What is being rsynced in that case? > The terms "full" and "incremental" lose their meaning a little bit when using rsync or rsyncd. A "full" when using any other method does mean that it re-transfers every file. For rsync and rsyncd, though, it does not mean that.
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