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Subject: Re: File Fragmentation issue...especially relating to NTFS...
Hey Rob, some clarifications/comments...:-)
I was talking about the undesirable fragmentation that results from using
rsync as a type of smart-copy -- copying files from a source to a
destination with the target "rsy
Hey Rob, some clarifications/comments...:-)
I was talking about the undesirable fragmentation that results from using
rsync as a type of smart-copy -- copying files from a source to a
destination with the target "rsync" invoked by the source-tree process (i.e.
rsync isn't a daemon). For me, that'
rategies though so please
post what you find out!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
McCutchen
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:52 AM
To: Linda Walsh
Cc: Rob Bosch; rsync
Subject: Re: File Fragmentation issue...especially relating to NTFS
On 12/2/06, Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If rsync wants to easily encourage less fragmentation on NTFS, I'd
suggest buffering more information in memory before doing the "write".
Ideally, it could buffer each file in full before writing it out, but
large files may not fit in memory.
I'm very sorry for being late to the party on this note, but I'm
not sure what the original trigger for this fragmentation problem
was... I "thought" (imagining?) that one issue was related to
performance under cygwin.
I see the solution is going towards a pre-allocation switch, but
the question
