Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: Lowest network usage options?

[Craig B. <cr...@at...>]

"Ty Christensen" writes:

> > If you supply the '-z' option to rysnc, or use rsync/ssh with
> > compression turned on, you will get the rsync stream compressed.
> >
> >             Daniel
> 
> OK.  Where do I specify that in backuppc?  Is it in the config file?
> What type/level of compression does this option provide?

BackupPC's rsync implementation (in File::RsyncP) doesn't support rsync
compression (-z).  That makes the only compression choice ssh -C, but as
Les notes, rsync+ssh+cygwin is not reliable.

It wouldn't be too hard to add -z support to File::RsyncP, so if someone
is willing...

Certainly rsync (even without compression) will consume less network
traffic than tar+ssh or smb.

Craig