Walt Mankowski on 11 Dec 2003 12:29:02 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Re: Thoughts on creating a virtual file system 

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:22:37PM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> It's way more expensive to transfer files new with rsync than it is
> to transfer a single compressed file that's curret, make chances,
> then rsync the changes back.

Rsyncing back the changes is much *cheaper*, since you only have to
send back the differences.  If you're rsyncing a compressed file,
chances are you're going to have to transfer the entire file.

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