Rsync and Cron: Mismatched Identical Backups

hsthompson

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I'm running an rsync backup script via cron on several machines in our office. Each is using the same parameters.

The first rsync process is between one machine and another on the LAN. The second is between one machine and an offsite machine; both are on consumer grade cable connections, with an upload speed of 1.82Mb/s from the office.

The LAN backup gives the expected results, while the WAN backup shows dramatically different total transfer sizes and file counts, though both are using identical commands:

Code:
/usr/local/bin/rsync -e "ssh -p 22"
-aiEvvz --partial --inplace --compress-level=9 --timeout=2400
--include-from '/Users/avalon/shell/backup/filelist.txt' /Users/avalon/ epicureg5@192.168.1.90:/Users/epicureg5/Documents/office_bk/bc/

/usr/local/bin/rsync -e "ssh -p 22"
-aiEvvz --partial --inplace --compress-level=9 --timeout=2400
--include-from '/Users/avalon/shell/backup/filelist.txt' /Users/avalon/ epicureg5@remote-backup.gotdns.com:/Users/epicureg5/Documents/g5_nas_users_bk/bc/

Machine 1, problem backup:
		LOCAL	REMOTE
Size MB		488515	449614
Count		260715	248105

Machine 2, a properly synced backup:
		LOCAL	REMOTE
Size MB		3668	3668
		42006	42006

I'm stumped. Any thoughts?

I have the logs on -vv mode, and they're not showing errors or timeouts.
 
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