How to rsync a large file, with as little CPU and bandwidth expense as possible?

Posted by Johan Allgoth on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Johan Allgoth
Published on 2010-06-16T11:46:28Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 11:53 UTC
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I have a 500 GB file that I plan on backing up remotely. The file changes often. I'll be rsyncing it from a desktop to a server. Both can run rsync client or server.

What is the proper command for this? The ones I've tried sofar has been taking forever or simply acted strange.

Example and results:

rsync -cv --partial --inplace --no-whole-file /desktop/file1 myserver.com::module/file1 

Seems to work, but only if I do it twice (?!). Also, slow.

Does the above command do the checksumming on both computers, or only on the sending one? Is it correct otherwise?

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