Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-10-15 Thread Dave Gordon via rsync
>>> Hi all! :-) >>> >>> I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works >>> fine, when I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in >>> top) and the backup takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in >>> cron to start it at 1am at night it takes 7 - 9 hours and I se

Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-10-09 Thread Henri Shustak via rsync
I think others have answered your questions. You may want to implement some sort of locking system in the script so that you can only run a single instance of your script at. If you are looking for a backup tool which leverages rsync you may want to take a look at LBackup : http://www.lbackup.or

Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-07-12 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
In addition to the cron problems that others have pointed out there are rsync problems... #1 rsync's -c is almost always a bad idea and is extremely slow #2 if rsync isn't networking then -z is a waste of time On 7/12/19 4:56 AM, Hannes Hutmacher via rsync wrote: > Hi all! :-) >   > I have a sm

Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-07-12 Thread Joe via rsync
On 7/12/19 4:56 AM, Hannes Hutmacher via rsync wrote: > Hi all! :-) >   > I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works > fine, when I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in > top) and the backup takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in > cron to start it at

Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-07-12 Thread rsync--- via rsync
Hallo Hannes "man 5 crontab" is your friend ;-) Am 12.07.2019 um 10:56 schrieb Hannes Hutmacher via rsync: But, when I add the script in cron to start it at 1am at night it takes 7 - 9 hours and I see up to 180 processes. When I look in top I see a hight load of 60 - 80 and 40 - 60 waits. Why?

Re: rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-07-12 Thread Fabian Cenedese via rsync
At 10:56 12.07.2019, Hannes Hutmacher via rsync wrote: >Hi all! :-) > >I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works fine, when >I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in top) and the backup >takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in cron to start it at 1a

rsync many processes and slow backup

2019-07-12 Thread Hannes Hutmacher via rsync
Hi all! :-)   I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works fine, when I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in top) and the backup takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in cron to start it at 1am at night it takes 7 - 9 hours and I see up to 180 processes