Something must be wrong with my setup. It took 14+ hours for the first dsync pass and it hasn't finished yet on the rerun to pick up the latest mail (around 12+ hours). I have about 9 GB of mail! The destination system is not fast, but..
Maybe I will wait for the 2.2 release.. Thanks for your response. Bob G On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 22:45 -0500, Ken A wrote: > It's about 300GB of mboxes (I don't know how many messages) and dsync > took about 3 hours from scratch in the destination. But, when I sync > more frequently, it's much quicker, and depends on the number of > changes. With no changes it runs in about 15 min. > Ken A. > > > On 4/5/2013 1:54 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > I tried that a week or so ago, with a 'dsync -R backup', but got the > > funny named directories, so I read more and am trying the 'dsync > > mirror' which doesn't require the -R. > > > > How long does the sync step take for you? (Normalize to # of > > messages..) > > > > Bob G > > > > On Apr 5, 2013, at 13:48, Ken A <k...@pacific.net> wrote: > > > >> I've found that when going in one direction, using "backup -R" > >> rather than mirror, works better. I'm going from mbox to sdbox, but > >> doing roughly the same thing you are, rsync and then dsync. > >> > >> Ken A. > >> > >> On 4/5/2013 10:40 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm moving/converting email from one system to another > >>> > >>> The source system is: Dual core x86_64 6GB memory 180 GB raid1 > >>> disks ext4 Fedora 9 Dovecot 1.0.15 Maildir format > >>> > >>> The destination system is: Dual core x86_64 2GB memory 1TB raid1 > >>> disks ext4 Fedora 18 Dovecot 2.1.15 sdbox format > >>> > >>> I am moving mail in a series of steps: > >>> > >>> 0) cd ( to mail user home directory ) mkdir Maildir > >>> > >>> 1) # rsync mail from source system (hoho4) to current (hoho0) > >>> time rsync -arv --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ > >>> /home/bobgus/Maildir/ > >>> > >>> This step takes about 37 minutes the first time > >>> > >>> 2) # dsync mirror/convert to sdbox format on current system time > >>> dsync mirror maildir:~/Maildir > >>> > >>> This step takes about 858 minutes (!!) > >>> > >>> Looking at -D messages indicates that dsync is deciding between > >>> duplicates much of the time. > >>> > >>> Looking at the results in a mail browser (Evolution), it seems > >>> fine, although the latest mails are not there. > >>> > >>> 3) # pick up more current mail - use same script as in 1) time > >>> rsync -arv --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ > >>> /home/bobgus/Maildir/ > >>> > >>> This step takes about 5 minutes although this varies depending on > >>> the amount of new mail. > >>> > >>> 4) # repeat the 2) dsync step time dsync mirror > >>> maildir:~/Maildir > >>> > >>> This is where things look peculiar. When I look at the directory > >>> of sdbox/mailboxes, I see duplicated directories > >>> > >>> [bobgus@hoho0 sdbox]$ cd mailboxes [bobgus@hoho0 mailboxes]$ ls > >>> Apple Mail To Do Apple Mail To > >>> Do_2a47983780615e5179600000ba55d82c Deleted Messages Deleted > >>> Messages_2847983780615e5179600000ba55d82c Drafts > >>> Drafts_2447983780615e5179600000ba55d82c Important > >>> Important_2947983780615e5179600000ba55d82c INBOX > >>> INBOX_1547983780615e5179600000ba55d82c Sent > >>> Sent_2547983780615e5179600000ba55d82c Trash > >>> Trash_2747983780615e5179600000ba55d82c > >>> > >>> The 2nd dsync step has not completed yet. I'm wondering whether > >>> the extra directory will be magically moved into the older > >>> directory. > >>> > >>> (This is unlikely because the file names are duplicated in the > >>> new directory) > >>> > >>> ------- > >>> > >>> Is this expected behavior? Are there command changes I can make > >>> to speed up the process? Eliminate the duplicate directories? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- Ken Anderson Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net > > >
