rsync'ing properly

[batfoot]

Hi all.

Just a question regarding rsync. I don't know if anyone can help at all.

I rsync between two local disks. The source folder has approximately 150GB of data in approx 1800 folders. I normally use the rsync --v -c -r /source /dest command.

Each time I do this I have to wait around 50 minutes for the files to start copying across. I can see that it is building a file list each time.

Yesterday I ran the above command, then added a new folder to the /source, then ran the command again and it took another 50 mins to start the copying, which only took 5 seconds to complete.

Am I doing the right thing or is there a better way for me to do this?

Thank you.

Regs
Craig

[limn]

The --checksum "option can be quite slow."
For copies between two local disks that is a quite a bit of overhead.
Consider using

[batfoot]

Hi.

Thanks for the reply. I had an idea the checksum was causing it to be so slow.

Thanks for that I'll remove the checksum option for now

>Craig