For situations where it's all new files, using -W would make it a lot more efficient and less CPU intensive.
You can ask rsync to be slower with it's built in bandwidth limiting options. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:14:02PM +0100, Joao Ferreira wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 12:18 +0200, Fabian Cenedese wrote: > > At 10:37 22.04.2008 +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > > > >I'm experiencing about 20MBit/s on a 100MBit/s ethernet connection when > > >rsync'ing a lager number on _new_ files. > > > > > >I don't have much exeprience with rsync. I'dd just like to know if thi > > >is an acceptable bw usage and what could be the limiting factors... in > > >order to try to increase this speed. > > > > > >I'm considering using 1000MBit/s dedicated connections and so I'dd like > > >to know if I will or won't get faster operations, or if I will still > > >have this 20MBit bottleneck. > > > > > >Furthermore... is there a way to ask rsync to be slower ?!? > > > > How do you call rsync? > > rsync -av --delete --perms --acls ... > > > Do you use zipping? > > I don't ask for it ? Is the default behaviour to use or not ? > > > What are the used machines > > (CPU type/freq)? > > it's a Via C6 @ 1G Hz > > > We had the case that rsyncing to a NAS was not that > > fast because the used CPU couldn't hold up. Another reason might be > > the used rsync protocol, what rsync version do you use? > > > > I'm using 3.0.0 > > > bye Fabi > > > > > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
