On 2011-06-07, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> wrote: > > A lot of this has to do with the filesystems and operating systems involved. > > Since you didn't specify I will guess Linux with ext3. If that is the > case run don't walk to ext4. Also, mount the filesystems with the > noatime and nodiratime options. This will prevent every stat() call > from also writing to the filesystem which can be a huge performance benefit.
Note: noatime implies nodiratime, i.e. no need to use both. E.g., see http://lwn.net/Articles/245002/ -- 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
