[Cialug] rsnapshot problem with compression

[L. V. Lammert]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Tom Pohl wrote:

> Do you have the same version of rsync on both sides of the connection?
>
No, but I was assuming that standard compression technology a la gzip was
being employed. If rsync uses it's OWN compression, however, that would be
a problem - so the solution would be to specify a standard tool a la gzip.

> I've run into issues with mismatched versions of rsync.  The other thing
> I've found is that even with really fast CPUs on both ends, unless you
> have a relatively small pipe between the two servers, you'll slow down
> the transfer by turning on compression.
>
You missed the:

> > ... [plain DSL] ...
>
BW is a BIG problem in this case.

	TFTR!

	Lee