-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You should not be using rsync's --checksum during routine backups. It is only for very rare use cases not every backup run.
On 04/09/2015 04:43 AM, Hans Kraus wrote: > Hi, > > I've configured 'backuppc' to transfer files via rsyncd, with > enabled checksums. Whith one of the shares I get the error (in > syslog): > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > robbe rsyncd[2183]: ERROR: out of memory in receive_sums [sender] > robbe rsyncd[2183]: rsync error: error allocating core memory > buffers (code 22) at util2.c(106) [sender=3.1.2dev] robbe > rsyncd[9821]: connect from elefant.control.local (192.168.1.200) > robbe rsyncd[9821]: rsync on . from backuppc@elefant.control.local > (192.168.1.200) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I read that the memory overflow comes from bulding the checksums list. > > Is there a way to find out where in the file tree that overflow > occurs for determine splitting points? > > The OS is Debian 7.4 amd, 24 GB RAM, 32 GB swap. > > Kind regards, Hans - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ 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 iEYEARECAAYFAlUmqrAACgkQVKC1jlbQAQdYnQCfSDNBGlPPbi1T0ATUlNngj3tz fTsAn1OwEGeDdkOKf+lCaDTZEBJoS/jg =TJEs -----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