https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7854
Summary: Abysmal sparse file performance Product: rsync Version: 3.0.7 Platform: x86 OS/Version: FreeBSD Status: NEW Severity: major Priority: P3 Component: core AssignedTo: way...@samba.org ReportedBy: grarp...@gmail.com QAContact: rsync...@samba.org I have a 5.5GB file, mostly sparse. Tar performs far[!] better than rsync. I have no ideas yet, so just an FYI as to current state. FreeBSD 8.1 i386 zfs Yes, I know the blocks used differs but don't know why yet, could be just how zfs does things or related to the large amount of sparseness. There are no media errors, CPU/IO load or anything like that and the source and dest paths are on the same filesystem. I've not tested times for files that are, say, 90% full instead of 90% sparse Though a 50% 35MB file was 8.5x slower than tar and had identical block counts and sha256 with both. /usr/bin/time rsync -HaxiS ./a ../ >f+++++++++ a 271.13 real 101.44 user 95.62 sys ls -sl ./a ../a ; rm -f ../a blocks bytes 3625 5535932416 ./a 3769 5535932416 ../a /usr/bin/time tar -cf - ./a | /usr/bin/time tar -C .. -Sxf - 57.67 real 1.10 user 27.77 sys 57.67 real 10.68 user 5.87 sys ls -sl ./a ../a ; rm -f ../a blocks bytes 3625 5535932416 ./a 2977 5535932416 ../a -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- 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