Samuel Wales wrote: > i seem to get sluggish interactive x pointer etc. on rare occasions > with rsync. i use nocache nice ionice -c3. i am wondering why chrt > exists also, and what teh best set of options is for this kind of > purpose.
Tell us about your hardware and network. lscpu free ip -s -s l show (narrow this one down to your primary interfaces) What disk technology is being used? How much data are you moving through rsync? How long does it usually take? How far is it going? -dsr-