[PLUG] Ruminations on rsync

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Wil" == Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc> writes:

JJJ> Has anyone else enountered flakiness with rsync? Do my
JJJ> conclusions seem logical? And if rsync is not usable for me, can
JJJ> anyone else think of a simple backup solution for someone who
JJJ> needs to back up a laptop on an irregular as-needed basis?

Wil> Not typically.  The only flakiness I've found is trying to mirror
Wil> from mirrors.kernel.org, but that's a well-known problem[1].

When you are trying to track hardlinks (which is a useful thing to do)
and you are rsync'ing a large tree, it does tend to use a lot of
memory.  (This was my experience as of a year ago or so).


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