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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:01:28 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > You can also substantially reduce downtime by first rsyncing while the |
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> > system is running (using either -x or bind mounts). That will give a |
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> > slightly inconsistent root, so you then repeat the process from a |
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> > live CD (using --delete with rsync) to clean things up. The latter |
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> > rsync takes a fraction of the time as 99.*% of the data is already |
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> > cpied. |
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> I don't know how slow rsync is the first time you run it. Since no one |
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> has yet suggested it star may be faster, while tar would do it nicely |
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> like so: |
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The speed is about the same. It's slow the first time because you have to |
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copy several gigabytes of data, whichever method you use. The advantage |
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of rsync is that you can do this while the system is still running then |
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do a quick update while booted from the live CD, massively reducing |
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downtime. |
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