Re: dynamic bandwidth allocation

2009-03-14 Thread Jamie Lokier
Felipe Alvarez wrote:
 Hi list
 
 I was wondering if this is (or could be) possible with rsync. I was
 wondering if there was a way to change the bandwidth limit
 (--bwlimit=KBPS) dynamically while rsync is running? Could this be
 possible maybe with signals like USR1 add 5KBPS and USR2 subtracts
 5KBPS? I'm not a programmer, just throwing ideas out there!

If your OS is Linux, you can limit the bandwidth at the OS level with
tc (although it's a bit complicated to use), and change that while
rsync is running.

-- Jamie
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dynamic bandwidth allocation

2009-03-13 Thread Felipe Alvarez
Hi list

I was wondering if this is (or could be) possible with rsync. I was
wondering if there was a way to change the bandwidth limit
(--bwlimit=KBPS) dynamically while rsync is running? Could this be
possible maybe with signals like USR1 add 5KBPS and USR2 subtracts
5KBPS? I'm not a programmer, just throwing ideas out there!

Felipe
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