Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/28 10:23 , Rodrigo Real wrote: >> Can't you install rsync on 10.0.0.254? That should be the easiest way, >> rsync can preserve hard links with the -H option, additionally it >> would transfer only the differences between the two hosts. > > on the topic of server replication; the problem with using rsync is that it > uses a tremendous amount of memory when dealing with millions of files. I > tried it once; rsync'ing a 100GB pool (with perhaps 5 or 6 million files) > from one disk to another on a box with 512MB RAM and perhaps 1GB swap.
I had never tryed that, but I can't think of another way of doing it. I am sure it is hard to rsync two huge mass of files. Maybe it is possible to split the rsync process in some parts, but it will still be hard. Best wishes, Rodrigo > > the box eventually ran out of memory to the point that I had to power-cycle > it to regain control. it's the only time in recent memory that I can think > of a linux box needing to be rebooted for a software problem. > > I know of people who do it; but they're doing it on machines with more > memory and fewer files. > > -- > Carl Soderstrom > Systems Administrator > Real-Time Enterprises > www.real-time.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
