rsync to fat32 on different platforms

[Andreas Nef]

Only one additional remark so far: The problem seems to be connected  
to Windows XP (tested SP 3 so far). On Vista the same task with the  
same hard drive runs smoothly, while going back to an XP machine shows  
the same slow behaviour again.

Andi
	
Am 12.01.2009 um 02:34 schrieb Daniel:

> Hi Andreas,
> I was told that kind of experience (version 2.6.9) a couple of weeks  
> ago. When I restart the sync mission, it's OK.
> I don't know why also.  Do u have any progress about this ?
>
> ------------------				
> Sincerely yours,
> 		
> Daniel Li
> 2009-01-12
>
> ======= 2009-01-09 22:05:59 written in your letter：=======
>
>> Ok, thanks for the inputs. The problem continues, though. I'm using
>> the current cwrsync version now (which includes rsync 3.0.5). The
>> detailed output shows that the receiving of the file names works
>> perfectly, but when the generator starts things are getting very  
>> slow.
>> It somhow takes unacceptabely long  for these tasks:
>> [generator] make_file(x/y.pdf,*,2)
>> The files in question are sometimes quite large (200-300MB). I also
>> tried to use the parameter "--size-only" but that did not help  
>> either.
>>
>> However: If I cancel the job and run it a second time, these
>> "make_file"-tasks are executed in a normal fast way for the files  
>> that
>> have already been checked until it reaches the files that were not
>> covered during the first (incomplete) run. And: When I attach the
>> drive to a darwin pc and sync it there, then go back to the windows
>> machine and do a sync again, the slow checks begin anew.
>>
>> Can you give more hints based on these infos?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> Am 09.01.2009 um 02:40 schrieb Matt McCutchen:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 11:38 +0100, Andreas Nef wrote:
>>>> I have a dozen of external usb disks which should be kept in sync
>>>> with
>>>> a central rsync server.
>>>> As I can't predict which OS they will be used with they are  
>>>> formatted
>>>> with fat32. If I use them with either Linux (ubuntu) or OS X rsync
>>>> works without problems. However, when I try the syncing with the hd
>>>> attached to a windows pc the rsync process (using cygwin) will take
>>>> close to 40 minutes only check what needs to be updated. Does  
>>>> anybody
>>>> know what could be the cause for this strange behaviour? Is it
>>>> something with permissions (parameters I used for initial  
>>>> creation of
>>>> the copy were "-rtluvz --modify-window=1")? Or are there
>>>> compatibility
>>>> issues with rsync/cygwin?
>>>
>>> Cygwin might just be slow, or there might genuinely be something
>>> strange
>>> going on.  Increase the verbosity to -vvv to find out more about
>>> what is
>>> taking so long.  Also, you may wish to use rsync >= 3.0.0 on the
>>> Windows
>>> machine to get the speed benefit of incremental recursion, if you
>>> aren't
>>> already doing so.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Matt
>>>
>>
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