Discuss the rsync utility and its benefits.

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You can use the rsync (remote synchronization) utility to back up data from your SLES 11 system. The rsync utility is actually designed to create copies of entire directories across a network to a different computer. As such, rsync is an ideal tool to back up data across the network to the file system of a remote computer or to a locally connected USB drive.
It is important to note that rsync works in a very different manner than the other backup utilities we have been discussing. Instead of creating an archive file, rsync creates a mirror copy of the data being backed up in the file system of the destination device.
A key benefit of using rsync is that, when coping data, rsync compares the source and the target directory and transfers only data that has changed or has been created. Therefore, the first time rsync is run, all of the data is copied. Thereafter, only files that have been changed or newly created in the source directory are copied to the target directory.

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