On 2019-01-06 20:09, Peter Sj??berg wrote: > On 2019-01-06 5:49 p.m., J C Nash wrote: > > The title says it. I have rsync set up to run from the Double Commander 2 pane file > > manager. If I select parallel directories of modest size, rsync runs fine. (There are > > very few or no updates. I'm just trying to ensure all is up to date.) > > > > However if I choose a high level directory on each side, it goes for a while then seems to > > just hang. > > > > I'm wondering if I've overflowed some sort of index or buffer. Suggestions? > > Copy huge directories has never been a problem for me as long as space > is available. I routinely copy between two NAS servers (old/current and > 2BE) and there it can be several million files and >2TB of data to copy. > This works fine both for the initial copy and subsequent > refresh/updates, no problem there. Now this is done under Centos6/7 on > servers with 16/32GB of memory so if you try something similar on a > 512MB system you might have an issue. I routinely rsync 2GB filesystems without any trouble, but these machines generally both have at least 12GB RAM (that might mostly be hogged by a hungry browser on at least one end). > One thing that causes hangs for me (and been an itch for a long time) is > when I copy a something and the destination runs out of space. Then it > just hangs and easiest fix is to kill it on both sides, fix space on > destination and start over. I usually get an informative error rather than a hang. > /ps slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org