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0 pointsxrisk4y ago0 comments

Could you elaborate on where the btrfs snapshots come into play? I use rsnapshot on a plain ext4 fs and it’s pretty slow (lots of small files).

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The snapshots don't help with the speed.

Instead, they make sure the files aren't changing / being deleted between when the rsync starts and finishes.

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0 pointsxrisk4y ago0 comments

Could you elaborate on where the btrfs snapshots come into play? I use rsnapshot on a plain ext4 fs and it’s pretty slow (lots of small files).

The snapshots don't help with the speed.

Instead, they make sure the files aren't changing / being deleted between when the rsync starts and finishes.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse