From: Craig B. <cba...@us...> - 2004-02-27 06:51:29
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Ben writes: > It was the last entry that I was concerned about - The entry in the Xfer > log file says it has transferred 169mb (563mb uncompressed). I thought > this was just a little bit weird because > I knew that it was only running for no more than an hour and half at the > most, and the upload speed was no more than 15k/s. So, checking the > times, I do the following: > > expr 1077707064 - 1077701515 which eq 5549 (or 92 minutes). > > So, 5549 seconds to do the transfer. I know that the transfer speed was > going on average at about 15k a second, sometimes less, but never more. > So the next equation: > > expr 5549 \* 15 which eq 83235, or 83mb roughly. > > So what's going on here? is BackupPC reporting an incorrect size in what > is being transferred? I doubt the times would be incorrect... Is the XferMethod rsync? If so, this behavior is expected, since rsync just sends file deltas, rather than entire files, across the network. BackupPC reports the total size of the files that were sent, even if the delta was much smaller. Craig |
From: Ben <be...@uk...> - 2004-02-27 06:54:46
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Yeah the method is rsyncd. I understand what you mean now, makes much more sense! thanks. > > So, 5549 seconds to do the transfer. I know that the transfer speed was > > going on average at about 15k a second, sometimes less, but never more. > > So the next equation: > > > > expr 5549 \* 15 which eq 83235, or 83mb roughly. > > > > So what's going on here? is BackupPC reporting an incorrect size in what > > is being transferred? I doubt the times would be incorrect... > > Is the XferMethod rsync? If so, this behavior is expected, > since rsync just sends file deltas, rather than entire files, > across the network. BackupPC reports the total size of the > files that were sent, even if the delta was much smaller. > > Craig |