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On 2004-10-09, peter pilsl <pilsl@goldfisch.at> wrote:

> Fifth attempt was rsync via ssh, which takes a *very* long time to
> determine the needed delta-pieces and then fails anyway (there was
> enough space on the targetdrive ...)

[...]

> My last attempt will be to invoke dd or split to split the file to
> chunks<2GB and transfer them seperately.


I use a similar strategy for a slightly different problem: I need to
transfer largish files over a poor, slow, and unreliable link. I use
bzip2 compression, split the tarball, then rsync. This way, if the link
dies midway, I've gotten at least something.

I usually split into sizes which will go over in 5-10 minutes. I don't
mind having to redo that much copying, but much longer than that is
too much wasted time. (Too much shorter generates too many split pieces,
which is just an aesthetic issue; you may not care about that.)

- --keith

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