Multi-Threading?

2011-05-17 Thread CACook
I have a backup server now restoring 6TB of data to a client machine. This has been going on for four days now, and no sign of getting close to completion. The connexion is Gb enet end-to-end, and is running at only 40Mb/s. It has far more capacity than that. The only limiting factor I can s

Re: Multi-Threading?

2011-05-17 Thread CACook
Thanks, but the whole function of my backup server pivots on rsync features. Need something rsync-like, but multi-threaded, or with a whole lot less overhead. On Tuesday 17 May, 2011 09:18:01 Chris Hawkins wrote: > I have no idea about potential rsync modifications, but you might try FDT to >

Re: Multi-Threading?

2011-05-17 Thread CACook
On Tuesday 17 May, 2011 10:43:21 you wrote: > Wow! That's a lot of data you're transferring into one server, even with a GB > pipe you're using, which appears to be using a fraction of it. Yes, it's my home theater computer with all the movies. I've just set up a RAID array and need to move my

Re: Multi-Threading?

2011-05-19 Thread CACook
Ok, you guys' suggestions helped alot. I changed --compress to --whole-file, and in fact that increased my speed from 4.5Mb/s to 18.5! Much better. Still core-bound though. (not disk, or network) Now that I've finished my restore, I've run iperf. Droog --> Hex 937 Mbits/sec! Merlin --> Hex