rsync performance

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:40:04PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> I need to rsync 2 files (3GB and 4GB) from my home to another location over
> DSL. 
> 
> But I need it to be reliable. As I understand it, if portions of the file
> are changed, but not the entire file, rsync should only update changed
> portions?
> 
> What's the actual efficiency of this process?

rsync is VERY efficient.  The white paper on the original design is an
interesting read.

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