Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Slowdown from a few mins to >8 hours backup time due to one large log file

[Dominic Raferd]

Yes, backing up from LVM snapshots is the best way (or, for Windows, use 
VSS), but at least you found a workaround...

Dominic
http://www.timedicer.co.uk

On 01/02/2011 09:42, Patrick Nagel wrote:
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> Hi Dominic,
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> On 2011-02-01 17:14, Dominic Raferd wrote:
> > That seems extraordinarily slow for rdiff-backup to backup a text file to a
> > local disk, even a file that is 3.9GB. Was the file changing (additional log
> > entries, maybe?) while rdiff-backup was trying to back it up?
> Yes, I think so, and I don't use LVM snapshots on this server. That's
> probably the real trigger then.
>
> Patrick.