[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Newbie bumbler rdiff-bkp horribly horribly slow

[Harry Putnam]

Patrick Nagel <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Harry,
>
> On 2009-07-10 22:42, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Ended up copying 23 GB... but the nasty thing is, it took a whopping
>> 6+ hrs... from the session-stats log:
>>   ElapsedTime 21751.67 (6 hours 2 minutes 31.67 seconds)
>
> I guess it would help to have any information about your infrastructure...
> network connection, CPUs, ...

Sorry, yes.  Wired gigabit ethernet connections
On windows end WinXP OS 3.6 Ghz 2 GB ram
On opensolaris end: version-2009.6:
  Athlon64 +3400 2.8 Ghz 3gb ram

The opensolaris machine ran the the rdiff-backup process.

> How long does copying 23 GB between those machines with, say, rsync or scp 
> take?

I don't know exactly but approximately somewhat less than 1/2 of the
time rdiff took.   Probably around 2 hrs. via rsync.  So maybe the
rdiff route took something like 300 % longer.