>> 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.
I'd appreciate any pointers to previous discussions. SourceForge's search is inadequate, and an hour spent at gmane.org did not turn up anything of interest. > Bottom line is that the memory issue seems to be solved in rsync 3.0 > even though protocol < 30 is used. Apparently not -- both of my clients already have rsync 3.0.5 installed, yet rsync is causing them to run out of memory. The clients have 4 to 6 million (largely redundant) files each. It appears that I need the incremental-recursion feature of protocol 30 to back up this many files. > Upgrading to version 30 is a *big* > deal and would likely require significant rewrite of > perl-File-RsyncP. That's unfortunate. If I can't find an existing backup program that suits my needs, I'll try to find the time to update it. Thanks for the response, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
