Richard Hansen wrote at about 16:52:01 -0400 on Thursday, August 13, 2009: > I'm using BackupPC 3.1.0 and I'm having problems with rsync clients > running out of memory and crashing (the Linux kernel's OOM-Killer is > unleashed, wreaking all sorts of havoc). Apparently this is a known > problem if a lot of files are being synced and one or both ends of the > rsync transfer is older than rsync 3.0 (see > <http://www.samba.org/rsync/FAQ.html#5>). > > The client machines have rsync 3.0, but it looks like BackupPC uses an > older version. I just switched to tar, so we'll see if that makes the > problem go away. > > I'd prefer to use rsync. Is there any chance BackupPC could use a newer > version of File::RsyncP that supports rsync protocol version 30? >
This has been discussed many times on the list - please see the archives. Bottom line is that the memory issue seems to be solved in rsync 3.0 even though protocol < 30 is used. Upgrading to version 30 is a *big* deal and would likely require significant rewrite of perl-File-RsyncP. Again please review the archives... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
