axkibe/lsyncd — Issue #11: Implement support for fsnotify / entire system backup
Author: axkibe
Created: 2011-11-16 14:55:55+00:00
State: open

Originally filed by pikamu...@gmail.com on 2009-11-13T22:03:26

(enhancement request)

Linux 2.6.31 or later have a new feature, "fsnotify", that is supposed to
have good performance for the "all files" case, and so may make lsyncd
suitable for entire-system backup.

http://www.pubbs.net/kernel/200905/109416/ has some good discussion.