Jim Leonard wrote at about 23:57:53 -0500 on Wednesday, September 2, 2009: > Mark Phillips wrote: > > I am setting up a new backuppc server. Are there any advantages to using > > an external drive (USB or eSATA) over an internal drive to store the > > backups? The server is an older Pentium 3 500 MHz box running Debian > > Linux. I plan on using ssh/rsync to do the backups for other Linux > > boxes, a Windows box, and a Mac. > > Because rsync backups in BackupPC is implemented in Perl, the speed of > your server is going to greatly limit your top speed no matter what > storage solution you choose. >
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