[CentOS] evaluating backup systems: rsync

[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> wrote:
> On 01/19/2013 11:31 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
>> agreed, except if both source and dest are local, eg back up to a USB
>> HD. If you test that you'll see the speedup is 1 (ie no speedup).
>
> I actually never realized that.  Thanks.

I guess that makes sense - on a local file it would take longer to do
the read for comparison followed by writing back merging the changes
than to just write the whole thing.

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  Les Mikesell
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