Max filesize for rsync?

[Shachar Shemesh]

Jeff Schoby wrote:

>Well, I got -further- by changing the fsize= to -1 in
>/etc/security/limits on my AIX boxes, 
>but rsync ultimately still did not like my 15GB file I wanted to
>transfer. 
>  
>
What does "doesn't like" mean? Does it freeze with too much CPU usage?

>Had to resort to good ol' plain vanilla ftp.  
>  
>
How long does transferring the file via ftp take?

A 15GB file puts a load of 194% on the hash table. This means that, *on 
average*, each lookup will have to scan two areas. I'm not sure whether 
that should have created a huge slowdown or not.

Try rsyncing that file with the "--block-size=524288" (i.e. - a 0.5MB 
block size), and please report whether rsync's behavior had improved, 
and in particular, how does it rate against vanilla ftp.

Thanks,
          Shachar

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