rsync - Dec 2001 - Rsyncd limits

Hi all,
I was wondering if it will require any major rewrites of the
daemon/client to include limits on the data transfer rate ?
		Alexei.

Alexei Novikov wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I was wondering if it will require any major rewrites of the
> daemon/client to include limits on the data transfer rate ?
>                 Alexei.
Alexei,

There is already an option to limit the bandwidth -- see --bwlimit.  By
lurking on this list, I've learned that it's not exactly a hard limit
but a limit on the average transfer rate -- my understanding is that
works something like: when the current average bandwidth exceeds the
limit, subsequent "packets" are delayed to reduce the average
bandwidth
usage.

Will this accomplish what you need or are you looking for something
more?

hope this helps,
Randy Kramer

tim.conway@philips.com wrote:
> 
> Alexei:  client-controlled --bwlimit= works with server mode
> (server::module).  Is this good enough, or do you need the server to
> enforce --bwlimit?
> If you control both the clients and the server, you should be OK.  If you
> don't control, and can't trust those who do control, the clients,
you'll
> need to modify the code.  I'm sure the mod would be welcome in the
> distribution, too, for those running the big anonymous servers.
> 
That is exactly what I was thinking about - big anonymous servers.
Actually more in content distribution aspect, when multicasting with
rsync+ is not awailable, and one should create mesh of p2p hosts.
	Alexei. 

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> Alexei Novikov <anovikov@heron.itep.ru>
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> 12/10/2001 08:11 AM
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> Hi all,
> I was wondering if it will require any major rewrites of the
> daemon/client to include limits on the data transfer rate ?
>                                  Alexei.