-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It probably isn't going to make much of a difference. The bottleneck will be in the networking.
On 08/03/13 15:46, AZ 9901 wrote: > Let's say that I would like to try using --link-dest :-) > > What about RAID specifications (type, number of disks, chunk > size...) on receiver side ? > > For example, should I use 256K chunks, same size as the IOs made by > the Rsync daemon / receiver ? > > Thank you very much ! > > Ben > > Le 12 juil. 2013 à 19:29, Kevin Korb a écrit : >> With millions of files I suggest ditching --link-dest and using >> ZFS with subvolume snapshots. You will have nothing but pain >> trying to deal with many millions of links. >> >> On 07/12/13 12:48, AZ 9901 wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am going to use Rsync over millions of files, with >>> --link-dest option. So huge read activity at the beginning of >>> each backup, and huge hard links creation activity. >>> >>> Of course I will use a RAID array on receiver side, dedicated >>> to Rsync. >>> >>> Do you have any recommandation over RAID type, number of disks >>> and chunk size to use ? - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlH9dNcACgkQVKC1jlbQAQdhgQCg5LUug5By2WaqYccKnSEgync4 8RMAoI/gPM0N7Ch8zE73VmymZR41biT+ =lWq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html