From 974f604efdb2e4db4f67bb28322bf44f73e81a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dwrz <dwrz@dwrz.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:50:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Stagger and limit timelapse sync transfers

---
 scripts/sync | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/sync b/scripts/sync
index 52f58ec..e4a766e 100755
--- a/scripts/sync
+++ b/scripts/sync
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ main() {
   local name
   name="$(basename "${filepath}")"
 
-  rsync --archive --verbose \
+  # Stagger transfers to avoid congestion at the hour mark.
+  sleep $((RANDOM % 180))
+
+  # Limit bandwidth so the backup does not saturate the connection.
+  rsync --archive --verbose --bwlimit=4096 \
 	"${HOME}/timelapse/${name}" \
 	"${RSYNC_USER}@${RSYNC_SERVER}:/timelapse/${name}"