[svlug] rsync efficiency on trees with large numbers of files

[J C Lawrence]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:26:14 -0700
Will Lowe <harpo at thebackrow.net> wrote:

> You didn't say what OS you are using, but if it's Linux, what
> filesystem are you using?

ReiserFS on both ends.

> I have several applications of this nature and reiserfs mounted
> noatime,nodiratime,notail is a *huge* improvement over ext2/3 -- a
> replication operation that took hours now takes minutes.

I'm not using nodiratime, but do have noatime and notail, and yes,
ReiserFS is wonderful.

> Been meaning to try xfs and jfs, but haven't had the chance.

Likewise.

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