[BackupPC-users] rsync? tar? rsyncd?

[Rich D. <rdu...@th...>]

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

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