On 07/30/12 10:05 PM, Smithies, Russell wrote: > I'm trying to rsync a 8TB data folder containing squillions of small files > and it's taking forever (i.e. weeks) to get anywhere. > I'm assuming the slow bit is check-summing everything with a single CPU (even > though it's on a 12-core server ;-( ) > Is it possible to do something simple like scp the whole dir in one go so > they're duplicates in the first instance, then get rsync to just keep them in > sync without an initial transfer?
use the rsync mode that goes off file timestamp and size. the checksuming block algorithm is only useful on large files that get small random block changes. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
