On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 15:58 -0800, Philip Lowman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 07:49:03PM +0800, Denis Solovyov wrote: > > I'm using rsync for simple daily back up data from one HD to another. It > > takes about 10 minutes daily under "nice -n 19". The problem is > > well-known as I see - several other services such as httpd or mysql > > begin responding slowly (up to 10 sec for mysql queries which usually > > processed in a small fraction of a second). > --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second
--bwlimit only limits the rate of transfer over the network. Vilius Puidokas encountered the same problem and traced it to the scanning as rsync generates the file list. He wrote a patch that adds a --slow-down option that makes rsync wait a few microseconds in between scanning each file. Find it here: http://vilius.multiply.com/video/item/10 -- Matt McCutchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hashproduct.metaesthetics.net/ -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html