SUGGESTION: rsyncing gziped source with non gziped destination

[Eberhard Moenkeberg]

Hi,

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:

> Would it be possible to make rsync capable to sync gziped source (at server)
> with non gziped detination file?
> 
> PROBLEM:
> The rsyncd server provides a few *frequently* accessed, slow changing, *big*
> text files (DNS RBL zones).
> 
> It seems that the source files are too big to stay in memory caches and rsync
> sessions cause to many hard disk I/O operations. Making rsynd capable to
> "ungzip" the files "on the fly" may help to fix the problem by reducing number
> of I/O operations.

You should think again about this. About the general "server quality" 
consequences for rsyncd, and about the efforts for your special case 
(=none, even contrary).
Add more RAM to your server and/or improve your I/O throughput.

Cheers -e
-- 
Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke at gwdg.de, em at kki.org)