Recipe 16.10. Limiting rsync's Bandwidth Requirements
16.10.1 Problem
rsync can gobble up your
bandwidth in nothing flat; imagine backing up a few gigabytes of
ripped audio files on a busy network. What's an easy
way to restrict it, without implementing full-blown traffic shaping?
16.10.2 Solution
Use the —bwlimit option:
$ rsync -a —bwlimit=256 rsync.test.net::testnetftp/ /ftp/mirror
16.10.3 Discussion
—bwlimit uses kilobytes per second, so be
sure to take this into account when you're
calculating what value to use. Remember that most network speeds are
measured in kilobits, which are one-eighth the size of kilobytes.
16.10.4 See Also
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