In my experience backing up multiple hosts to a single host can speed things up. Especially if using rsync over ssh with multiple CPUs on the single host. You would need to do some experimentation to determine the best number for your hardware and network. Also, if you exceed that number you can put more stress on the backup machine lessening the impact to the hosts being backed up.
On 8/24/21 3:58 PM, hancooper via rsync wrote: > It makes sense to we to run multiple rsync commands to speed up a backup. > > At work, some have argued that if I sync the data all to the same host, > there is no advantage > in parallelization. Whether you sync 3x 1G in parallel or 1x 3G makes > no noticeable difference. > > Speed in general does not increase by increasing the number of sync > processes. > > However, if one want to sync to multiple hosts, the effort may be > worthwhile. > > What is the current advice about speeding up data transfer ? > > > > > > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html