On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:01:25 +0200 Arnold Krille <[email protected]> wrote:
> You are probably using rsync as transfer-method. Which makes perfectly > sense, since you want to backup many files that don't change, so there > is no need to transfer all files as you would with tar. Unfortunately > that means that both client and server have to built the while fs-tree > with checksums in memory... exactly my thoughts. And yes, indeed its rsync. > > Two solutions: > - use tar as transfer-method. Shouldn't hurt much as on incrementals > tar only transfers files that are newer and normal mails aren't touched > again after initial storage. I could give it a try. Thanks, forgot that option! > - define two or more "hosts" in backuppc that backup different parts > of your mail-store. Then you can also shift full-backups so that the > load distributes over the days. that was another idea, I even had the tought of backing up the system with one host and then each user maildir as (automatically created) "host" Does it make a difference to define different 'shares' with rsync or is that even possible? /Florian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
