Re: [rdiff-backup-users] initial rdiff-backup for large repository over Internet (and connection lost)

[Adrian Klaver]

On 02/24/2016 01:57 PM, Nicolas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm an happy rdiff-backup user for many years.
>
> Years ago I setup a rdiff-backup from a WWW server to a local server.
> Internet connection is limited to 2Mbps between the 2 servers.
> As /var/www was initially empty, rdiff-backup as done its backup job
> everyday without problem, with many sites added in /var/www.
>
> Now /var/www is 14G large and I need to fresh start the backup
> (destination directory has been deleted).
>
> Bad thing is that trying to first sync source and destination via the
> command :
> nice -n 19 rdiff-backup --force $SOURCE $DEST::$DESTDIR
> always ends with network (Internet error) like these :
> Found interrupted initial backup. Removing...
> Write failed: Broken pipe
> Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system
>
> What would be proper way to first sync rdiff-backup ?
> Would a previous rsync help, so that only meta-datas would be written by
> rdiff ?

I do not use rdiff much any more, as I switched over to 
borg-backup(http://borgbackup.readthedocs.org/en/stable/), so I am a 
little rusty on my advice. In addition to my previous post, I now 
remember something else I used to do. That is rdiff from the source to a 
local destination, then rsync the local destination to the remote 
destination, finally switch the backup to use the remote instead of the 
local destination. rsync is more forgiving of network interruptions.

> Thanks in advance for your thought.
> Nicolas
>
>
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