[plug] backups

[Kev]

Paul Arch wrote:

>  From the FAQ ( http://samba.org/rsync/FAQ.html )
> "Yes, rsync uses a lot of memory. The majority of the memory is used to 
> hold the list of files being transferred. This takes about 100 bytes per 
> file, so if you are transferring 800,000 files then rsync will consume 
> about 80M of memory. It will be higher if you use -H or --delete."

What's 80 or 100meg in this day and age of basic machines having 512meg, 
and mnay with 1gig or more.  Surely backups are not scheduled to happen 
when there is expected high memory activity for some other critical 
application.

Cheers
Kev

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