Re: Why is my rsync transfer slow?

2016-01-25 Thread Simon Hobson
dbonde+forum+rsync.lists.samba@gmail.com wrote: > Thank you. I will try your suggestions. First I will connect the NAS Ah, you didn't mention NAS ! How is it connected to the computer hosting "A" ? If via network then you've added *another* layer. > directly to the computer (Do you recommen

Re: Why is my rsync transfer slow?

2016-01-25 Thread dbonde+forum+rsync . lists . samba . org
On 2016-01-25 01:13, Selva Nair wrote: On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:48 PM, mailto:dbonde+forum+rsync.lists.samba@gmail.com>> wrote: That doesn't make sense. Both the source and destination path contains simple alphanumeric characters, no more no less. Why would it matter whether the

Re: Why is my rsync transfer slow?

2016-01-25 Thread dbonde+forum+rsync . lists . samba . org
Thank you. I will try your suggestions. First I will connect the NAS directly to the computer (Do you recommend USB2 or 1 Gb Ethernet? Or should I daisy chain external HD and NAS? Then it would look like this: Computer <--FW800--> HD <--USB2--> NAS The other option is HD <--FW800--> Computer

Re: Why is my rsync transfer slow?

2016-01-25 Thread Simon Hobson
dbonde+forum+rsync.lists.samba@gmail.com wrote: > It is exactly as I wrote. On a network volume (A) a "sparse disk image > bundle" (B), i.e., a type of disk image used in OS X, is stored. B is then > mounted locally (i.e., local to where rsync is run) on a computer (C) where > it appears as