Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:05:36 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: cronfy@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow disk access while rsync - what should I tune? Message-ID: <4ccceb10.4n2iAQ/sY/YrDSI2%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikpk4O-q_Omh9eAGZB474J1BVu2YJ7OKWvhZm7v@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikzZvZn=vNNRtcSViWq8ty7b8qOooQ4NbHiJH5q@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikpk4O-q_Omh9eAGZB474J1BVu2YJ7OKWvhZm7v@mail.gmail.com>
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cronfy <cronfy@gmail.com> wrote: > And also, maybe there are other ways to create incremental backups > instead of using rsync/hardlinks? Yes. Use dump(8) -- that's what it's for. It reads the inodes, directories, and files directly from the disk device, thereby eliminating stat() overhead entirely. Any replication mechanism -- rsync, tar, even dd -- can be used as a backup mechanism, but dump was specifically designed for the purpose.
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