Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2006-05-04 Thread Lawrence D. Dunn
Stu, I ran into similar circumstances when helping some folks transfer data from FermiLab(Chicago) to Renater(France). What options are you using for rsync? The buffer tuning you refer to is actually tuning two different things. The rsync TCP-buffer options allow you to set TCP buffers

request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2006-05-04 Thread Stuart Midgley
We see absolutely dismal performance from Canberra to Perth via Aarnet or Grangenet (gig connections across the country). With standard rsync on a tuned tcp stack, we see about 700k/s. I started playing with the --sockopts and have increased the performance to 1.4M/s which is better, but

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-08 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Wayne Davison wrote: >On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:55:06PM -0600, Lawrence D. Dunn wrote: > > >>is it likely, or routine, or will-take-some-time, (or all-of-the-above), >>for that patch to be vetted and integrated into mainline rsync released >>code? >> >> > >I'm currently leaning towards inc

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-07 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:55:06PM -0600, Lawrence D. Dunn wrote: > is it likely, or routine, or will-take-some-time, (or all-of-the-above), > for that patch to be vetted and integrated into mainline rsync released > code? I'm currently leaning towards including this in the next rsync release unl

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-07 Thread Dan Pritts
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:18:24AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Care to elaborate on the security implications? What is the potential > for a DoS on someone giving out rsync services to basically untrusted > parties? I haven't thought it all through but one thing for sure is that larger TCP buf

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-07 Thread Lawrence D. Dunn
Jason, Summary guess-on-my-part: "Maybe" (w.r.t. will_larger_buffers_help?). Depending on which satellite-height you're using, and what your current default buffers are, and which-operating-system, 1-4Mbps is on the edge where more-than-default buffers are useful. More detail below. (

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-06 Thread Jason Haar
Can someone tell me if such options would help the likes of ourselves with more "old fashion" linkspeeds? We have 1-4Mbps VPN-over-Internet links (between continents - i.e. high latency), and routinely find rsync only capable of 300Kbps - and rsync is the best performer we can find. If we "par

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-05 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Wayne Davison wrote: >The patch also makes the new option accepted by the daemon's command- >line parser, allowing whomever starts the daemon to override the config >file's "socket option" settings via the command-line. > > Care to elaborate on the security implications? What is the potential fo

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-01 Thread Lawrence D. Dunn
Wayne, Wow- excellent! Please help me understand what's "normal" for rsync development- is it likely, or routine, or will-take-some-time, (or all-of-the-above), for that patch to be vetted and integrated into mainline rsync released code? I can see where this can be immediately useful

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-01 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:03:39PM -0500, Lawrence D. Dunn wrote: > I'd like to request/suggest that cli options to set TCP send/receive > buffers be added to rsync client-side. That's simple enough to do. The attached patch adds the option --sockopts=OPTIONS that accepts the same option names as

Re: request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-01 Thread Jason Haar
Lawrence D. Dunn wrote: > > Renater was using rsync to pull large amounts of data from FermiLab > across a fast, > long link, and was getting poor throughput (~20mbits/sec). Man - I wish I had your problem ;-) -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone

request: add TCP buffer options to rsync CLI?

2005-11-01 Thread Lawrence D. Dunn
Dear rsync folks, I'd like to request/suggest that cli options to set TCP send/receive buffers be added to rsync client-side. Summary: I'm aware that a daemon's config-file can set socket options for the server side (e.g. SO_SNDBUF, SO_RCVBUF). That is useful. But when trying to get