Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-15 Thread Jeff Schoby
Actually, it said that the file was too big, so it wasn't a question of performance, it just wouldn't do it. I set my AIX environment to allow me to have files of unlimited size, rsync still said it was too big. Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/14/05 1:28 AM Jeff Schoby wrote: Well, I got

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-14 Thread Shachar Shemesh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be very happy to test any patches. (Assorted RedHat/Fedora i386) (Assume I am a total newbie, much safer that way) A few very large files regularly rsync'd in production. Seems like it sometimes gets somewhat stuck in the middle of something large. (The rsync is

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-14 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Jeff Schoby wrote: Well, I got -further- by changing the fsize= to -1 in /etc/security/limits on my AIX boxes, but rsync ultimately still did not like my 15GB file I wanted to transfer. What does doesn't like mean? Does it freeze with too much CPU usage? Had to resort to good ol' plain

Re: Max filesize for rsync? (solved?)

2005-04-13 Thread Jeff Schoby
I found a usenet article which had some info in it that may help other AIX users who are having issues. in /etc/security/limits Check all the stanzas for fsize = it will probably have some number in it like 2018261 That is what is limiting your filesize. Change fsize = -1 logout and back

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-13 Thread Steve Bonds
On 4/12/05, Jeff Schoby wrote: I did what steve suggested here, on both machines. I didn't use any arguments for configure... just did ./configure Odd, I thought we had it nailed on that one. Try the following on each system using the new rsync you just built with the mkstemp use commented

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-13 Thread Steve Bonds
On 4/12/05, Jeff Schoby wrote: I did what steve suggested here, on both machines. I didn't use any arguments for configure... just did ./configure Odd, I thought we had it nailed on that one. Try the following on each system using the new rsync you just built with the mkstemp use commented

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Jeff Schoby wrote: What the maximum filesize rsync can transfer? I'm trying to rsync one of my servers to another but the rsync is croaking on a file that's barely 1GB. Tips, hints, suggestions? rsync server is AIX 4.3.3 ML11 - rsync 2.6.3 rsync client is AIX 5.3 ML1 - rsync 2.6.4 Thanks -Jeff

RE: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-13 Thread Tony
13, 2005 2:53 PM To: Jeff Schoby Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Max filesize for rsync? Jeff Schoby wrote: What the maximum filesize rsync can transfer? I'm trying to rsync one of my servers to another but the rsync is croaking on a file that's barely 1GB. Tips, hints, suggestions

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-13 Thread Jeff Schoby
Well, I got -further- by changing the fsize= to -1 in /etc/security/limits on my AIX boxes, but rsync ultimately still did not like my 15GB file I wanted to transfer. Had to resort to good ol' plain vanilla ftp. Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/13/05 2:52 PM Jeff Schoby wrote: What

Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Jeff Schoby
What the maximum filesize rsync can transfer? I'm trying to rsync one of my servers to another but the rsync is croaking on a file that's barely 1GB. Tips, hints, suggestions? rsync server is AIX 4.3.3 ML11 - rsync 2.6.3 rsync client is AIX 5.3 ML1 - rsync 2.6.4 Thanks -Jeff -- Jeff

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Paul Slootman
On Tue 12 Apr 2005, Jeff Schoby wrote: What the maximum filesize rsync can transfer? 2GB (4GB?) should always be possible, when built with the appropriate options for large file support 4GB files are no problem. I'm trying to rsync one of my servers to another but the rsync is croaking on a

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Christophe Kalt
On Apr 12, Jeff Schoby wrote: | What the maximum filesize rsync can transfer? Depends on whether you have LFS (large file support) enabled (at compile time). | I'm trying to rsync one of my servers to another but the rsync is | croaking on a file that's barely 1GB. That should be no problem.

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Paul Slootman
On Tue 12 Apr 2005, Christophe Kalt wrote: FWIW, I just upgraded to 2.6.4, and that has solved a problem i'd been having for a few weeks where 2.6.3 repeatedly failed to synchronize a 5GB file. Don't remember seeing anything in the NEWS or other making me think upgrading would help, but it

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:46:55PM -0400, Christophe Kalt wrote: FWIW, I just upgraded to 2.6.4, and that has solved a problem i'd been having for a few weeks where 2.6.3 repeatedly failed to synchronize a 5GB file. Don't remember seeing anything in the NEWS or other making me think upgrading

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Jeff Schoby
How do I build rsync for large file support..I'm going to need 4GB files thru rsync. It basically stops with an error message of File too large...I can re-run rsync later with the -vvv flag and post the results tomorrow. Paul Slootman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/12/05 11:36 AM On Tue 12 Apr 2005,

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Steve Bonds
On Apr 12, 2005 10:04 AM, Jeff Schoby wrote: How do I build rsync for large file support..I'm going to need 4GB files thru rsync. It basically stops with an error message of File too large...I can re-run rsync later with the -vvv flag and post the results tomorrow. It sounds like your

Re: Max filesize for rsync?

2005-04-12 Thread Jeff Schoby
I did what steve suggested here, on both machines. I didn't use any arguments for configure... just did ./configure rsync -Caupvvvz server::myfiles /usr/mydir Here's what happens when it gets to the one file that it says is too big: pathto/myfile recv mapped pathto/myfile of size 1073741312