Re: [OT] Using rsync to backup / restore - when to use (or not use) the -H option switch?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]



On 02/11/2015 09:02 AM, Francis Gerund wrote:
When using rsync to backup and restore, when should and when should one
*not*  include hard links (by using the -H option switch)?

It's probably too site or application specific to give any general advice.

Run this command across the filesystem you're going to back up:
    find /path -type f -links +1

All of the files listed in find's output have multiple links, and will benefit from using -H.

The cost associated with -H is that rsync has to keep a table in memory of all of the inodes and paths that it processes. A large filesystem can cause rsync to consume a lot of RAM. If sufficient RAM is available, I would always recommend -H.

_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos




[Index of Archives]     [CentOS]     [CentOS Announce]     [CentOS Development]     [CentOS ARM Devel]     [CentOS Docs]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Carrier Grade Linux]     [Linux Media]     [Asterisk]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Xorg]     [Linux USB]
  Powered by Linux