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From: "cv" <>
Hi Curtis.
> I was just wondering how long is long and why that matters (unless we're
> talking about half a day). I also use an rsync script that I have
> crontab-bed to run after midnight. It may take a couple of hours to back
up
> each mail server, but then, what do I care? I'm asleep.
We're talking more than half a day. What seems to take the longest is
calculating the file lists as there are just tons and tons and tons of tiny
files that are often moved.
The backup of the mail servers started at 00:18 AM and it's currently 15:32
PM here. The mail servers are about 70% done. Size-wise, we're talking
about 3 servers totalling less than 500GB. The actual size doesn't seem to
be the problem, but rather the time it takes to create the list of files to
be transferred.
We have servers that have much more data, but take much less time to backup.
[snip]
Michael
