How do I minimize the amount of disk activity? I'm copying a large number of files:
rsync -av -W /from/here/. /to/here/. I'm using rsync because I need the incremental updates and other features. Otherwise, I'd use tar piped to tar or some similar technique. Note: Both the source and destination are "local". Well, not really. The source is a network-mounted partition (SAMBA), and the destination is a real disk. I'd like to minimize the amount of network activity since that seems to be my bottleneck. For example, without the "-W" option, every file is read twice (once to checksum, once to copy). Are there other options that I could enable to speed up the copy? Is using -W dangerous? If I'm doing an incremental update (a file or two changed on the source, so I need to recopy the data) will -W catch as much as checksuming if the file timestamps change? Thanks in advance! --Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html