[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup/rsync +ssh performance comparison

[Vadim Kouzmine]

As a comment to my letter:

Subject:  [rdiff-backup-users] installation on Trustix 2.2, performance,
possible bug
Date:  Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:29:38 -0500

Performed tests copying my home directory (~1GB, 21668 files) on
workstation (Gentoo Linux, rdiff-backup 1.0.1, python 2.4.2, rsync
2.6.0, OpenSSH_4.2p1/no_compression)

1)rdiff-backup /src -> /dst  3m 11s

2)rsync /src -> /dst         2m 45s

3)rdiff-backup localhost::/src -> /dst:  12m 5s

4)rsync localhost:/src -> /dst: 3m 9s

So rdiff-backup is a little slower than rsync when working on local
files, and 4 times slower when working trough ssh.

Any idea?

Thanks,
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Vadim Kouzmine <address@hidden>