Stagger and limit timelapse sync transfers

2026-10-22 12:50:01 +00:00
parent 6ef6f554ce
commit 974f604efd
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -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}"