On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 07:18:45PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > In fact, I know of at least one place where they don't use rsync because > they don't have enough RAM+SWAP to hold the list of files in memory. > > As far as future directions for rsync, I think this is the major place > where rsync needs to become better.
I agree, and I am planning to add protocol improvements to rsync that will allow it to have a much smaller memory footprint, and to begin transferring files without pre-scanning the whole hierarchy first. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
