Thanks @kapitainsky @asdffdsa @akuropka . So if an application is reading data from the mounted drive and then writing data back to it how does that work in terms of cache of the file .
And just to confirm since as my errors show rclone cannot be used without vfs cache ? Note , when I did vfs-cache-mode off I also got errors
welcome
the cache is not required for reading/downloading but performance can suffer without the cache.
confirmed.
lol, try --magic
--magic HAHA --- love it. So pretend I use rclone as an active backup (to SMB share) for a very fast SSD drive. Say the files are SQL DB files which obviously get locked by the service when in use. How will rclone handle this ? Also, say SSD fails and I reboot , as long as I set the SSD drive letter the same rclone will immediately clone the SMB share (mounted as a disk) to the SSD drive ? How will using VFS cahche write vs full affect this approach?
rclone, same as any simple copy tool cannot handle that.
need to use some form of VSS.
i have a wiki about using VSS with rclone - https://forum.rclone.org/t/i-want-to-share-how-to-enable-vss-for-rclone/11644
tho, to backup locked, in-use databases i use veeam.
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