On 21 May 2002, Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do shudder when I read about Martin's plans for a complete redesign > because I have a lot of doubts about how it will affect performance. The > only reason that Rsync is as popular as it is today is because of its > performance, and if it gets significantly worse people simply won't use > it.
Performance *is* effectively falling over time, because disks are getting larger and upfront traversal becomes more of a problem. > I think an evolution of the current code base is much more likely to > be able to keep the good performance than a complete redesign. -- Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
