On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:37:01AM -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Robin Lee Powell > <rlpow...@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 04:11:15PM +0100, Boniforti Flavio > > wrote: > >> Hello Pavel. > >> > >> > for huge dirs with millions of files we got almost an order > >> > of magnitude faster runs with the tar mode instead of rsync > >> > (which eventually consumed all the memory anyways :) ) > >> > >> How would I be able to use tar over a remote DSL connection? > > > > Well, by hand you'd do: > > > > ssh host 'tar -czvf - /dir' >/backups/foo.tgz > > > > BackupPC's tar method seems to be over ssh by default; just set > > up a passwordless root key and you should be fine. > > > > 20GB over DSL is going to take many days, though, no matter what > > you do. > > > > Note that once the initial backup is run you almost certainly do > > *not* want tar transport, as this implies copying the entire > > 20GB on every full. > > Popping into this conversation with a couple of questions.... > > 1. Can you switch methods without consequence? In other words can > you switch back and forth without any side effects?
I've not tried, but knowing the internals as I unfortunately do, I'd be *very* surprised if there were any consequences. > 2. Does the timeout apply if you run the backup command from the > cli? How do you mean "run from the CLI"?. If it goes through the BackupPC server, the timeout applies. > Is it easy to remove or override the timeout from the command > line? I doubt it. Easy enough to temporarily override it in the host's config file. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/