Everything about Rsync

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: RsyncA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Implementing Automatic Incremental Backups Using Rsync on Debian 12Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Linux System ProgrammingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Analisis Availabilitas dan Reliabilitas Multi-Master Database Server Dengan State Snapshot Transfers (SST) Jenis Rsync Pada MariaDB Galera ClusterCited 3 times
5. Go sideways: Andrew TridgellA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: BackupPCA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Analisis Availabilitas dan Reliabilitas Multi-Master Database Server Dengan State Snapshot Transfers (SST) Jenis Rsync Pada MariaDB Galera Cluster

  Mahendra Data, Gilang Ramadhan, Kasyful Amron · 2017 · Jurnal Teknologi Informasi dan Ilmu Komputer · 3 citations

• How to parallelize Rsync

  Changjian Zhang, Deyu Qi · 2020 · Journal of Physics: Conference Series · 1 citations

• A Comparison of Efficiency of Data Transfer by Using Rsync, Rsync+SSH and Dropbox

  Wiman Banditvilai, Sirapat Boonkrong · 2014 · International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering · 1 citations

• A File Synchronization Framework Based on Rsync Protocol for Cloud Storage Services

  Mingyu Lim · 2022 · The transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers · 1 citations

• Linux based Diskless System using RSYNC Algorithm

  August Anthony, Dennis B., Mateo D. · 2016 · International Journal of Computer Applications · 1 citations

• Perbandingan pencadangan data menggunakan RSync dan SFTP

  Asep Nurhuda, Annafi Franz · 2023 · Jurnal Aplikasi Teknologi Informasi dan Manajemen (JATIM) · 1 citations

• Dynamic Algorithm Selection for Replication using RSYNC

  Kamal Shah, · 2025 · Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management · 0 citations

• The Design and Analysis of File Increment Update Algorithm based on RSYNC

  Zhang chun -, Zheng juan -, Ren QinZheng - · 2013 · Journal of Convergence Information Technology · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Implementing Automatic Incremental Backups Using Rsync on Debian 12

  Teresa Martuah Purba, Angela Sitanggang, Lotar Mateus Sinaga · 2026 · Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Applications (JAIEA) · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Linux System ProgrammingRobert Love · 2007
• A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell ProgrammingMark G. Sobell · 2012

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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