Re: rsync and backup
Re: rsync and backup
- Subject: Re: rsync and backup
- From: Gnarlodious <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 23:30:16 -0600
I think what Matthew is saying is that rsync is built to crosstalk
with an rsync instance on your remote fileserver for optimum
efficiency. rsync does not work well with AFP or SMB mounted disks.
rsync also uses SSH for passwordless transfer to and from the remote
server, so mounting the disk is not necessary.
A more likely reason for the slow speed is that your version of rsync
is updating every file. For example, if you are connecting to a
Windows formatted disk rsync rsync will always updaye every file due
to an incompatibility in the Windows file modtime. To get around this
problem, use the "--size-only" parameter.
Another problem with rsync is that the "E" switch has a bug in it,
since the resource file feature was recently added. The version of
rsync installed in 10.4 refuses to recognize modtimes of "Extended
attribute" files, and will always copy all resource forks regardless
of modtime. A more recent build of rsync fixes this bug,
http://lartmaker.nl/rsync/ which I have installed on my machines and
is working much better. I just replaced the existing rsync command
file with the new build and have had no problems.
If you have any questions, just ask.
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