How big are the 2 directories? I carry a USB stick with about 15GB of data that I synchronize between 2 computers. Usually, it takes about 2 minutes to sync them. Sometimes I sync it to a netbook and it's noticeably slower. Clearly, hardware. But, usually there are not a lot of changes. If there are large changes, like new downloads, then it is much slower. But, definitely, not on the order of 3 hours.
On 07/11/2014 02:58 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Hi All, I have a bash script for synchronizing a flashing drive (target) with my hard drive (source) I take to customer sites (with a read only switch so I don't spread viruses). I currently "rsync" 11 different directories. Each sync line looks like this: rsync -rv --delete $MyCDsSource/Linux $MyCDsTarget/.; sync; sync Problem: it is slow -- takes three hours. To help the speed issue, I upgraded from USB 2 to USB 3. Backup went from 3 hr-15 min to 3 hr-5 min. It is almost faster to wipe the stick and rewrite it. Anyone know of a way to speed up rsync? Many thanks, -T
