rsync 2.6.6 : Possible comms failure during delete backup of large filesystem

Hi I use rsync to make backups of large filesystems - totalling many Terabytes and 100 millions of files.  The following error occurs often enough to become a problem.  You will note, that I am using 2.6.6, previously I used 2.6.2 which had the same issues.  The OS is solaris 5.8.  I am using t

Re: rsync 2.6.6 : Possible comms failure during delete backup of large filesystem

Wayne Davison wrote: On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 01:39:39PM +1000, Mark Inkley wrote: You will note, that I am using 2.6.6, previously I used 2.6.2 which had the same issues. Is the version on each machine 2.6.6? Yes, I am using the -rsync-path switch to target the 2.6.6

Re: Possibility of merging rsync and tar

When backing up a large filesystem over a network for the first time , I always use tar | rsh tar  to populate the backup because I have found it to be much faster than rsync. I have always wondered why rsync is so much slower than tar in this regard, perhaps this could be investigated.  I hav