I concur with this. Cfengine insists on the correctness and security of each operation -- and that takes time. A program like rsync can achieve significantly better performance in large copies if you have a trusted base.
M On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 08:59 -0400, Baker, Darryl wrote: > I understand your concerns but with the number and size of the files you are > talking about you really should investigate a program that is optimized for > files copying. While cfengine can maintain binary files this is not its > primary focus. Its main focus is maintaining the system configuration. Rsync > was designed to keep files identical on several machines. Using rsync in > conjunction with ssh for security you end up with a much better solution for > maintaining binary files. It is optimized just for this purpose. The use of > rsync with ssh is well documented and in use in a large number of large > sites. > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
