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by Tigrou
21 Mar 2025, 17:36
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Only writing delta when synchronizing a file
Replies: 4
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Re: Only writing delta when synchronizing a file


It is very rare that files that have been modified and thus require syncing have the same size (as their previously synced version).
So, according to your algorithm, files that requiring syncing are almost always copied normally.
Therefore there is only a marginal benefit to a block wise compare ...
by Tigrou
14 Mar 2025, 14:22
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Only writing delta when synchronizing a file
Replies: 4
Views: 43940

Only writing delta when synchronizing a file

Possible optimization: when synchronizing a file, only the delta (what has been modified) could be written to the file (instead of a normal copy of the file).

This would be useful for synchronizing large files (several GB) where only a few MB have been modified. This is the case with VM disk images ...