Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3/4 simultaneous file transfers (uploads)

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 26 December 2002 23:27, cbtrussell wrote:
> I am using a single RaQ4 as a dedicated backup machine to receive transfers
> from multiple client machines running raqbackup.sh. All are local on the
> same network, so the transfers are quite fast. Aggregate transfer sizes
> range anywhere from 50MB to 5GB.
>
> The server has a single 5400rpm 30GB drive (actually, it has two but they
> are not mirrored; a cron job runs once per day to copy the files over from
> the primary to the secondary drive).
>
> The question: how can I know when I'm reaching the capacity of the RaQ to
> receive simultaneous uploads? I've got to think that some number of RaQ's
> running full tilt at 4am will eventually saturate the capacity of the drive
> to write all that data...anyone have any thoughts how to tell for sure?

Trying to help, I believe rsync uses less resources, and works well for 
backups, only transferring changes to files.


Gerald
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