Let's say that I would like to try using --link-dest :-) What about RAID specifications (type, number of disks, chunk size...) on receiver side ?
For example, should I use 256K chunks, same size as the IOs made by the Rsync daemon / receiver ? Thank you very much ! Ben Le 12 juil. 2013 à 19:29, Kevin Korb a écrit : > With millions of files I suggest ditching --link-dest and using ZFS > with subvolume snapshots. You will have nothing but pain trying to > deal with many millions of links. > > On 07/12/13 12:48, AZ 9901 wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am going to use Rsync over millions of files, with --link-dest >> option. So huge read activity at the beginning of each backup, and >> huge hard links creation activity. >> >> Of course I will use a RAID array on receiver side, dedicated to >> Rsync. >> >> Do you have any recommandation over RAID type, number of disks and >> chunk size to use ? -- 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
