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2003 Nov 10
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Rsync - expensive startup question
...e a sync with a remote filesystem every,
say, 10 minutes. Which is fine, until the file tree grows
to large to parse in 10 minutes, in which case you have to
(a) reduce the transfer frequency, and (b) resign yourself
to have your i/o subsystem running flat out *all the time*.
Also, with the "monilithic" scan, the filesystem can easily
change between the scan being done, and the actual directory/file
in question being copied. Might it not be better all round
to walk the tree progressively, making a sync plan for each
"leaf node" of the tree as one reaches it?
Anyway, I'd be...