Perhaps you have some hundreds of 3000 files to sync. So rsync would have a lot of work building the file list.
Try it with 'nice rsync ...' or use nice with setting a very low priority (high value!). Christian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theodore Knab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian-ISP" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: rsync on maildir > I am using rsync to backup mail on a mail-server with 3000+ mail > accounts [only 1550+ are in use]. Using this command: > > /usr/bin/rsync -a --delete /var/imap/mailarray /var/oldarray > > This mail server only receives about 2GB of mail per day. Rsync is run > without shutting down any services. > > About half the time I run rsync the system slows down to the point that > mon starts sending me pages. To fix it, I have to log in, and kill the rsync > process. > > Is there a more efficient way to run rsync without down time ? > > Or should I be using something else for backups ? > > After the last failure I ran rsync in dry-run mode and I got this error: > imap:~# /usr/bin/rsync -axn --delete /var/imap/mailarray /var/oldarray -T > /tmp --timeout=10 > building file list ... > rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4092 > bytes: phase "send_file_entry": Broken pipe > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(515) > > imap:~$ rsync --version > rsync version 2.5.6 protocol version 26 > > file-system ext3: > raid-card:0 > #system file-system and mail backup > /dev/sda5 on /var/oldarray type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) [] > > raid-card:1 > #mail storage > /dev/sdc5 on /var/imap type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,usrquota) [] > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Ted Knab > Chester, MD 21619 > > ------------------------------------------ > 940216d6021602a41607166696c656c202778696368602d65616e637 > 02940226c696e646c69702c6f667560256675627478696e67602a416 > 0716e6563756e2a0 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
