Re: Feature request: Caching checksums in a file

2008-11-22 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 17:05 +0100, Rene Bartsch wrote: > when using RSync for mirroring, the checksums of a file are calculated for > each transfer. But that > causes a lot of CPU/IO load on the server machine and degrades throughput > even if there's plenty > of network bandwidth. So I want to p

Feature request: Caching checksums in a file

2008-11-22 Thread Rene Bartsch
Hi, when using RSync for mirroring, the checksums of a file are calculated for each transfer. But that causes a lot of CPU/IO load on the server machine and degrades throughput even if there's plenty of network bandwidth. So I want to propose a pre-calculating feature for checksums. The easies