How Rsync Makes Data Backup Easy
May 16th, 2012 by SmartFile MarketingCreating a backup of important files can take time and effort. You need to sort through the files and ensure that there aren’t any duplicate files. However, most people do not have time to do this especially for those who are always on-the-go. This is where Rsync can be of great help. This utility can help automate the backup process, saving you time and effort.
How exactly can Rsync help you automate data backup? This utility only works in a client-server setup. This means the ideal storage solution to use this is online media storage. So how does Rsync work? Files are mirrored to your storage account. The daemon on both client and server communicate to check if there are any changes in the files. If you add new files, the changes are sent to the file server. What’s nice about this utility is that it only sends the changes and not all of the files. The files and folder structure are maintained. This saves bandwidth and file transfer time.
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