Tom Riley wrote: > Hey All, > > > > I’ve been using rsync (2.6.9) to migrate a 90g message store volume and > I’m running into some interesting results. I have two FC storage arrays > attached to a Sunfire V280R, running Solaris 8. My 100gig volume is on a > Sun StoreEdge 3510, and my new 500gig partition is on an HP EVA. > > > > I used the syntax: rsync -a --stats --delete $SRC/$dir/ $DST/$dir > > > > At present time, the destination volume is 2.5 times the size of the > original volume. My first thought was this may be a drive geometry > issue, and I’ve been working with Sun to get a solution. They believe > rsync is doing a block level copy, instead of a file level copy. That > doesn’t seem to jive with what I’ve been reading, but wanted to get some > more experienced eyes looking at the problem. > > > > Does rsync copy files at a file copy level or is it attempting to do > some block level copying? Has anyone experienced this sort of bloated > expansion of space? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > -Tom >
It creates temporary files during the xfer then moves them over once completed. I think you'll want to use --inplace. So if the store is 90GB in size, while the xfer is going on it could be using 180GB +/- (depending.) http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html has more info. -- Thanks, James -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
