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Radjin
Nov 30, 2018Aspirant
RSYNC ENCRYPTED SPARSEBUNDLE
I have a very large media library, 13TB, and sync all my data between local and remote NAS units. Because the remote unit will no longer be in my direct control I want to encrypt the media library. T...
- Nov 30, 2018
where is the encryption taking place, locally or remote?
if you are encrypting locally, the encrypted sparse bundle will most likely have completely different bits after every change. If so, then rsync will see it as all new data and essentially the whole thing will be transferred each time.
If you are encrypting remotely, then the encryption should be irrelevant to the rsync process, and it should only transfer it the bits that changed/added/removed.
the best thing is for you to try it on some smaller test content before your main content, that way you can see what performs best and experiment on data you don't care about.
TeknoJnky
Nov 30, 2018Hero
where is the encryption taking place, locally or remote?
if you are encrypting locally, the encrypted sparse bundle will most likely have completely different bits after every change. If so, then rsync will see it as all new data and essentially the whole thing will be transferred each time.
If you are encrypting remotely, then the encryption should be irrelevant to the rsync process, and it should only transfer it the bits that changed/added/removed.
the best thing is for you to try it on some smaller test content before your main content, that way you can see what performs best and experiment on data you don't care about.
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