On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 02:33:13PM +0100, Christian Iversen wrote: > However, 1 server is giving me a lot of trouble. It has a directory > with (currently) 734088 files in it, and every time I try to backup > this dir, rsync hangs after transferring roughly 2000 files. > Sometimes it's around 1800, sometimes it's over 2100 (I think), but > it's in that ballbark.
Is that using rsync:// or rsync/ssh ? What is the commandline? There are probably two rsync processes on the server. Could you strace both? How much vram are they using? ps e -O vsz -C rsync What filesystem is it? Can you create a tarball of the directory? time c /path/to/dir |wc Justin -- 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
