On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chr...@real-time.com> wrote: > On 05/19 12:04 , Tim Cole wrote: >> How often do you want to backup the server? What about using rsync to >> backup the pool? I want to mirror my primary backup server to another >> system daily so I can switch to my backup server quickly. I was going >> to use rsync for this. > > Rsync memory requirements have historically been too high for this. > I tried rsync'ing 100GB on a machine with 512MB RAM and about the same swap; > and it crushed the box to the point where I had to power-cycle it. > > Best thing to do is set up a duplicate backuppc server that independently > backs up the hosts you want to have a redundant backup for. >
Try Rsync v3, it has much lower memory requirements since it builds the file list incrementally. I used it at one company to do nightly syncs of their ~4TB backuppc pool offsite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ 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/
