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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:59:21 -0700
From:      "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Duplicating file system 
Message-ID:  <C8D2F401-AC47-4089-AD34-A2E7E8E033C0@kreme.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190221032121.c0006dfe.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 20 Feb 2019, at 19:21, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> With this in mind, I'd start with an 1:1 copy using dd, and from that
> point on, have a scheduled job of rsync or cpdup in place to have any
> source changes affect the "copy drive".

I will try cpdup as I have tried rsync already and it is too resource =
intensive to run it constantly. Even with a 5 minute delay sometimes a =
task will not finish before the next one starts and then a cascade will =
bring the system down as more and more processes get stuck.

Thanks for the pointer.

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pain he has inflicted on the world in the past 20 years through lousy
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