Problem in backing up Millions of files

[Chaim Rieger]

Rangi, Jai wrote:
> I have Linux FTP server that I need to backup. It had 4.5 million files
> and 900GB disk space. 
> Backup client takes around 35 hours to do incremental backup. Simple
> Rsync on nfs mount (on datadomain) takes around 25 hours. System takes
> way too long just to calculate the number of files in the directory and
> to start rsync. Even not many files are changed. 
> Does any one have an idea what can be a better was to backup 4.5
> millions files. I am looking for any option in rsync that can speed up
> the process. 
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> Thank you,
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> Jai Rangi
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