Only thing I can think of is some interaction with memory. NFS buffers in memory and that memory might be taken away during the rsync which is also a memory hog. Check memory usage before, during, and after rsync to see if this is a possibility.
Dan W. > The wsize/rsize is 8K and I have increased [rw]mem_default and > [rw]mem_max in /proc/sys/net/core for tuning performance. If the above theory is true, these actions should not help. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html