[mirror-admin] where are all the indices of the repository?

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:58:18AM -0700, J.H. wrote:
>>>>>>  >Why don't you want to use --delay-updates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because of the disk hit. [...]
>>>> Have you tried ionice -c3 -p <rsync_pid>?
>>>>
>>> That makes the assumption my I/O would ever be remotely nearly 'idle',
>>
>> Having "idle" (-c3) time means, I believe, when you have utilization
>> below 100% (sar -d -p 3 should give a pretty good idea of the duty cycle
>> on the disks). [...]
>
> Really, my argument here isn't that idle there is an issue, it's that my  
> disks are *CONSTANTLY* getting hammered, [...]

You could still try ionice -c2 with a different -n argument.

You could actually even try one rsync with -c3 and see how bad things
really are. Maybe the practice will beat the theory?

       "In theory, there is no difference between theory and
       practice. But, in practice, there is." -- too many claims

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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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