Re: [Duplicity-talk] why restart takes so long

[covici]

But the  question is why does duplicity need to do that at all?
Couldn't it go through the last hundred or so or some reasonable number?
Also, what about the original error which caused the restart in the
first place?  What is up with that that?


Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:

> No, there is no way to get rid of the loop, whichever one you're talking
> about, there are a lot of them.
> 
> The main suggestion I have for anyone with multi-hour backups is to:
> 
>    1. Use a local filesystem or USB drive for backup,
>    2. Transfer the backup using rsync or similar tool.
> 
> The second suggestion I have is to chunk the backup into reasonably sized
> portions, 200-500GB each.
> 
> ...Ken
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 7:02 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hi.  I had to restart my full backup and its going through every file it
> > had and it is taking 18 hours and its not done yet.  I see a loop in
> > there and I wonder if there is any way to shorten the time or get rid of
> > the loop altoggether?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
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