----- "Andreas Kuntzagk" <andreas.kuntzagk at mdc-berlin.de> escreveu: > > > So to reduce load I'd like to have a script that: > > > > > > identifies changed files only (using md5?) > > > copies them > > > and compresses them > > > > > > > Well, I'm using "rsync --link-dest" to do this. This article > > "http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=8976" had the > > principle but didn't use "--link-dest". > > Well, but rsync doesn't compress, does it? > So I would need to compress first and then rsync - meaning I need to > keep the compressed files around twice. Well, rsync can "compress on the wire" (the data travels compressed), but rsync will do the first two items: identifies changed files and copy them. The compress to tape part will need to be done after that :) On the other hand, with the prices of tapes and HD today, I had chose to buy two servers with a lot of HD on each, put each one on a different building, and make a backups on them. Antonio. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Antonio S. Martins Jr. - Support Analist | "Only The Shadow Knows | | Universidade Estadual de Maringá - Brasil| what evil lurks in the | | NPD - Núcleo de Processamento de Dados | Heart of Men!" | | E-Mail: asmartins at uem.br / shadow at uem.br | !!! Linux User: 52392 !!! | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.