On 16/08/12 09:47, Udo Rader wrote: > One of the reasons I can think of is the file structure on that host. It > serves as a special storage pool for a customer developed application > and as such it has really really many subdirectories with really really > many subdirectories with really really many subdirectories. And by > really really many I mean really really many ... So my best guess would > be that building the file list diff takes much longer than just fetching > the files as they exist. > > I've now disabled incremental backups on this server, but maybe someone > has an idea how to enable incremental backups for this host as well. > > thanks in advance!
Try using tar instead of rsync, you are correct that for large file trees rsync is very slow and also RAM intensive when it's building the filetrees -- Tim Fletcher <t...@night-shade.org.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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/
