Public bug reported:
Please build the package with the --drop-cache patch available in the tarball, to avoid filling up the io cache with not re-queried copied data. The current behavior pushes the data of other process out of the cache and thus slows them down. http://insights.oetiker.ch/linux/fadvise.html ** Affects: rsync (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989301 Title: large rsync runs stall system perfomance (missing --drop-cache) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/989301/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
