From: Rich D. <rdu...@th...> - 2005-10-29 23:11:59
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Hi again backuppc-ers! I'm just building a new backuppc box from an older machine and am wondering which $Conf{XferMethod} I should use for the linux boxes. The backuppc machine has two 120GB hard disks, and they are running software RAID1. I have a number of linux boxes and they are behind the firewall as is the backuppc machine and there is about 50GB of data total in about 1.1 Million files. The network is on two 100MB switches. The boxes are currently being backed up via ssh/rsync, but I wonder if ssh encryption is limiting the transfer rates. Lastly, which is the most appropriate file system to use on the backuppc box? I've used ext3 in the past, but I don't know if that is the best option. Thank you. Regards, Rich -- Current Conditions in Des Moines, IA Overcast Temp 66.2F Winds out of the Southwest at 21, gusting to 25mph |
From: David K. <da...@ko...> - 2005-10-30 01:33:42
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On Saturday 29 October 2005 04:11 pm, Rich Duzenbury wrote: > The boxes are > currently being backed up via ssh/rsync, but I wonder if ssh encryption > is limiting the transfer rates. You might want to set ssh to use the blowfish cipher if you are on a secure network to see if you pick up some speed. David |
From: Carl W. S. <ch...@re...> - 2005-10-31 12:51:54
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On 10/29 06:11 , Rich Duzenbury wrote: > Lastly, which is the most appropriate file system to use on the backuppc > box? I've used ext3 in the past, but I don't know if that is the best > option. I've been using Reiserfs; other people report good success with XFS. Might be informative for someone with copious spare time to benchmark a backuppc_nightly run on each filesystem. I think Reiserfs is superior to ext3 for this application; partly because it handles lots of small files well, also because you don't have to worry about running out of inodes before you run out of disk space. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com |