Re: [Duplicity-talk] Bandwidth confusion on Rackspace Cloud Files

[Lou]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:59:27 -0400
Douglas Muth <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Lou<address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I performed a full backup of /home of about 8.5 GB using duplicity
> > 0.5.18 / python-cloudfiles 1.4.0 on Debian Lenny to Rackspace Cloud
> > Files. I then checked the bandwidth stats at the Rackspace Cloud web
> > manager. It says that I used 8.4 GB in and 8.5 GB out.  My Rackspace
> > Cloud File container is not public.
> >
> > I would expect some data going out, but not more than went in.  Why
> > is this?
> >
> 
> You should probably ask the Rackspace people.
> 
> I can tell you that I use Duplicity on a nightly basis on my machines,
> and the bandwidth use is asymmetrical, just like any other bulk file
> transfer scenario. There's a big spike for bandwidth out, and hardly
> even a blip on bandwidth in.
> 
> -- Doug
> 

Thanks for the reply.  I did ask Rackspace first and they assumed it
was duplicity doing this since I did not, as far as I know, download
from Rackspace Cloud Files or make the container public.