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
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
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