rsync or rdist

[Herta Van den Eynde]

On 10/03/2008, Mad Unix <madunix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I need a script transfer archive log files from Production site
> Server1  to DR site Server2 on the same subnet
> i want to sync the files between /arc with /storage/archive on both
> servers ....
>
> --
> madunix


AFAIK, rdist copies entire files. rsync only copies the blocks that are
different.

Note also that you can run rsync through ssh for a more secure transfer.

Kind regards,

Herta

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