Hi, I have a Maildir store (about 500 GB) on a linux (redhat 8) server which I am trying to mirror to another identical server. I have 4 GB of ram on both machines. I am using rsync 2.5.5. At present the machines are on the same lan (100Mbit).
Everytime I run the rsync, it runs for a short amount of time, (anywhere from 5-20 minutes) and then one of the machines (either the source or the destination machine) crashes and requires reboot. The actual command I am using is: /usr/bin/rsync -qaz --rsh=ssh --stats --progress --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --delete --force /users/ 10.10.12.161:/users/ Examination of the systems "free" command during rsync execution shows that the rsync rapidly consumes the systems memory. Is this an appropriate use for rsync? My goal is to be able to first synchronize the maildirs on a 100mb lan. Then ship the destination machine to a remote location and then run periodic rsync backups over WAN (each site has regular 1.5mb connection to internet) to the remote destination server as a backup. Does this scenario sound feasible given that the users directories will contain ONLY Maildirs. Also since Maildirs contain a large number of files does it make sense to tar and/or gzip each users Maildir and rsync the tar files? Also is rsync over ssh contributing to my problem, does it make sense to run an rsync server instead? Thank you very much in advance for any hints you can give me. Zach. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
