-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And make sure both systems are running rsync v3. It indexes in parallel to the copying.
On 04/12/12 16:59, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > On 04/12/2012 03:28:18 PM, vijay patel wrote: >> >> Thanks friends. We are using Redhat Linux 5.8 on Production and >> Disaster Recovery side. By drilling down we have found out it >> is taking lot of time to check what has changed while data >> tranfer is very fast. As i mentioned data in these folders is >> very less (hardly 40GB) and whenever new file is created, it is >> of max 30KB. >> >> Since we have to sync production environment to DR every 10 mins >> as per Business requirement i have to schedule it via cron. This >> already distributed folder structure i am using. I already have >> another rsync job which runs every 5 mins on another folder >> structure. It is running fine. Is there any option i can use with >> rsync to make this folder check fast? > > No. Per the response below you need to look at your filesystems. > > Use "tune2fs -l" and see if the dir_index option is on. If not, > then turn it on using tune2fs. This probably won't fix the > existing directories. If this is the problem you'll have to do a > backup/restore, or a move of all the files into a new directory > hierarchy and then replace the old hierarchy, or something else to > fix all the existing directories. (I don't think e2fsck will help, > but I've not looked. As I say, there may also be some other > approach.) > >>> If it is mostly looking for something to transfer then you >>> need filesystem optimizations. Such as directory indexing. You >>> didn't specify the OS or anything but if you are on Linux this >>> is where an ext3 > ext4 conversion would be helpful. > > > Karl <k...@meme.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay > forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+HQ4IACgkQVKC1jlbQAQeUTQCgrA7MIbX73hVZO3YsLxHsaUlN O9IAnipAWOvrU4mdXuWNHP0/Wc6hmI2H =CIUJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html