[NTLUG:Discuss] NFS & Mirrordir times

[MadHat]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:11, David Venable wrote:
> >
> >
> >I've not been following....  have you looked at using rsync at all? I've
> >used both NFS and rsync to backup stuff accross the network and most of 
> >my test have shown rsync being faster. It might depend on the type of 
> >data and amount, but it works better for me. 
> >
> >Rsync ( in theory ) copies just the changed data in a file. So... if 
> >you have a 10meg file that 1000 bytes change in, rsync will only copy
> >the 1000+some-overhead-bytes instead of the hole 10meg file. 
> >
> >Anyway... before you pull your hair out with NFS... you might want to 
> >look at other options. 
> >
> And rsync can be configured to work over ssh so there's some added 
> protection, not to mention being able to compress the SSH connection
> 

And adding in ssh keys, you can generate a passphraseless key and
completely automate this.  Easy, secure, only updates what is
necessary...  what more could you ask for? ;)

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