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2009 Sep 04
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rsync algorithm for large files
...ncrementally backup my Parallels virtual machine (a
directory structure containing mostly small files, and one 20G file)
I?m on OSX 10.5, using rsync 2.6.9, and the destination machine has the same
versions. I configured ssh keys, and this is my result:
(Initial sync)
time rsync -a --delete MyVirtualMachine/ myserver:MyVirtualMachine/
20G
~30minutes
(Second time I ran it, with no changes to the VM)
time rsync -a --delete MyVirtualMachine/ myserver:MyVirtualMachine/
2 seconds
(Then I made some minor changes inside the VM, and I want to send just...