Re: [zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For ufs "ufsdump | ufsrestore" I have found that I prefer the buffer on the > receive side, but it should be much bigger. ufsrestore starts with > creating all directories and that is SLOW. This is why copying filesystems via star is much faster: - There is no

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-08 Thread Andrew Gabriel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In my experimentation (using my own buffer program), it's the receive >> side buffering you need. The size of the buffer needs to be large enough >> to hold 5 seconds worth of data. How much data/second you get will >> depend on which part of your system is the l

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-08 Thread Casper . Dik
>In my experimentation (using my own buffer program), it's the receive >side buffering you need. The size of the buffer needs to be large enough >to hold 5 seconds worth of data. How much data/second you get will >depend on which part of your system is the limiting factor. In my case, >with 7

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-08 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Thomas Maier-Komor wrote: > First start the receive side, then the sender side: > > receiver> mbuffer -s 128k -m 200M -I sender:8000 | zfs receive filesystem > > sender> zfs send pool/filesystem | mbuffer -s 128k -m 200M -O receiver:8000 > > Of course, you should adjust the hostnames accordingly, a

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-07 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Julius Roberts wrote: >>> How do i compile mbuffer for our system, > > Thanks to Mike Futerko for help with the compile, i now have it installed OK. > >>> and what syntax to i use to invoke it within the zfs send recv? > > Still looking for answers to this one? Any example syntax, gotchas > et

[zfs-discuss] How to use mbuffer with zfs send/recv

2008-12-07 Thread Julius Roberts
>> How do i compile mbuffer for our system, Thanks to Mike Futerko for help with the compile, i now have it installed OK. >> and what syntax to i use to invoke it within the zfs send recv? Still looking for answers to this one? Any example syntax, gotchas etc would be much appreciated. -- Ki