Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Estimated time for a 20 GB backup

[David Kempe]

Stephen Boulet wrote:
> I got an 80 GB USB hard drive (it's really an IDE drive with a USB conversion 
> kit).	Does rdiff-backup take a long time to run the first time, and should it 
> run faster for later runs? So far, it's done about 17GB over the last 6-8 
> hours.

is that 40Mbytes/sec?
thats probably about right for the drive+usb combo (usb2 i take it)
read the website - basically next time it runs it will only transfer the 
changes and keep the old versions as reverse diffs. So yes - it will run 
drastically faster the next time.
I have 18Gb odd backup sets that on an average day take 20mins or so for 
rdiff-backup to finish.
thats over firewire

dave