Re: [BackupPC-users] Compression during Xfer

[Adam G. <ad...@we...>]

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Sebastien Sans wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The compression system of the pool in BackupPc is great, it save a lot
> of place, but I didn't found how to compress the tranfers in order to
> save my bandwidth.
> I tryed to modify the command line in "rzync" and "tar" modes to
> activate compression (i added -z options to use gz compression), the
> transfer was shorter but the result was'nt well recognized by
> BackupPc.
> I'm sure there is a simple way to compress the tranferts. If someone
> has the solution, that would be great.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Ps: Sorry for my bad english, I tryed to do my best...

With rsync the only way to do compression is by using ssh and getting
ssh to do the compression. (Or doing it over a VPN where the VPN
software compresses the data, or something similar).

You can't use rsync compression.

Regards,
Adam

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