On 07/16/13 22:25, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > > Are the various cvs mirrors allowing compression? I tried with cvs -z 5. I > currently sync from anoncvs3.usa and I think it doesn't, atleast the option > of tcpdump -A didn't show me any decompression activity, just ssh packets > being sent. top also didn't show any unzip or tar in the -I option.... > > If any mirror admin allows compression, please let me/us know. If they are > willing to publicize the allowed compression level, please put in the list > of cvs mirrors page! > > Syncing to src, ports, xenocara wastes many MB per month per person...and > any help would be appreciated to cut down network traffic. I would be > willing to be test this if it is not enabled currently, and a cvs server > admin would like to enable it and check the load. > > thanks in advance >
how about doing your compression at the SSH transport level, rather than the cvs level? something like a .ssh/config: host MyFavMirror.com Compression yes Be forewarned, I've seen /some/ systems do a horrible slow-down with compression, but since your concern is bandwidth, probably not your issue. Nick.
