OK, success: see timings (real nn) below commands.
Initial copy of Maildir from live system to test sys (14G of data)
rsync -ar --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ /home/bobgus/Maildir
real 37m
Then 1st 'dsync -R backup maildir:~/Maildir'
real 828m
Then 2nd rsync to pick up new mail - **don't t
My need at the moment is only a *one* time deal.
I just need to copy/convert all of the messages over to the new system
and new (sdbox) format *once*. Then all of the clients can start from
zero to build their caches based on the new mail box (not that many
clients).
---
I will take a look at t
On 8.4.2013, at 1.32, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> Ok, how is this for a scheme:
>
> 1) Initially rsync Maildir to destination system
> 2) Do initial 'dsync backup' from Maildir to sdbox on destination system
> 3) Do a 2nd rsync of new Maildir data from live system to destination
> system, but don't c
Ok, see interspersed.
On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 00:53 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 8.4.2013, at 0.10, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>
> >>> I am still on my quest for a quick way to move mail from a live Maildir
> >>> system to a 'soon to be live' sdbox system.
> >>>
> >>> I copy Maildir to new system u
On 8.4.2013, at 0.10, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>>> I am still on my quest for a quick way to move mail from a live Maildir
>>> system to a 'soon to be live' sdbox system.
>>>
>>> I copy Maildir to new system using:
>>> rsync -ar --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ /home/bobgus/Maildir
>>>
>>> Then
On Sun, 2013-04-07 at 20:50 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 7.4.2013, at 17.12, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>
> > I am still on my quest for a quick way to move mail from a live Maildir
> > system to a 'soon to be live' sdbox system.
> >
> > I copy Maildir to new system using:
> > rsync -ar --times h
On 7.4.2013, at 17.12, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> I am still on my quest for a quick way to move mail from a live Maildir
> system to a 'soon to be live' sdbox system.
>
> I copy Maildir to new system using:
> rsync -ar --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ /home/bobgus/Maildir
>
> Then I convert fro
I am still on my quest for a quick way to move mail from a live Maildir
system to a 'soon to be live' sdbox system.
I copy Maildir to new system using:
rsync -ar --times hoho4:/home/bobgus/Maildir/ /home/bobgus/Maildir
Then I convert from Maildir to sdbox with:
dsync mirror maildir:~/Maildir
The
I whacked Maildir and sdbox and started over.
Tweek of rsync script - removed trailing / on destination.
Did yum update, restart
Avoided running Firefox on that machine..
It is now running the 1st pass of dsync - estimated finish is about 4.3 hours
on 14G of mails
vmstat 2 shows no swapping (
Maybe take a look at "vmstat 2" and see if i/o is blocking a lot or you
are hitting swap space? Someone else may be more informed about the
inner workings of dsync and how it handles maildir as opposed to mbox.
Best of luck,
Ken
On 4/6/2013 1:09 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> Something must be wrong
Something must be wrong with my setup. It took 14+ hours for the first
dsync pass and it hasn't finished yet on the rerun to pick up the latest
mail (around 12+ hours). I have about 9 GB of mail! The destination
system is not fast, but..
Maybe I will wait for the 2.2 release..
Thanks for your res
It's about 300GB of mboxes (I don't know how many messages) and dsync
took about 3 hours from scratch in the destination. But, when I sync
more frequently, it's much quicker, and depends on the number of
changes. With no changes it runs in about 15 min.
Ken A.
On 4/5/2013 1:54 PM, Bob Gustafson w
I tried that a week or so ago, with a 'dsync -R backup', but got the funny
named directories, so I read more and am trying the 'dsync mirror' which
doesn't require the -R.
How long does the sync step take for you? (Normalize to # of messages..)
Bob G
On Apr 5, 2013, at 13:48, Ken A wrote:
>
I've found that when going in one direction, using "backup -R" rather
than mirror, works better. I'm going from mbox to sdbox, but doing
roughly the same thing you are, rsync and then dsync.
Ken A.
On 4/5/2013 10:40 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
>
> I'm moving/converting email from one system to anot
I'm moving/converting email from one system to another
The source system is:
Dual core x86_64
6GB memory
180 GB raid1 disks ext4
Fedora 9
Dovecot 1.0.15
Maildir format
The destination system is:
Dual core x86_64
2GB memory
1TB raid1 disks ext4
Fedora 18
Dovecot 2.1.15
sdbox format
I am moving m
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