Re: Block and File size with librsync

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 14:32 +0530, IMCC wrote:
> hi,
>       
>      I am working on  librsync 0.9.6  for  backup of remote files
> 
>      Is there any size limit for backup file ?  

In theory no. However, there are some outstanding bug reports for >4G
files that I'm yet to investigate.

>      what is the best blocksize to set  with respect to 
>      file size to get optimum performance ?

sqrt(filesize)

I'm hoping some day to get a chance to do some work on librsync to
include things like whole-file checksums, random seeds, and a good block
and blocksum size heuristic.

Realistically I can't see myself tackling this for at least a month...

-- 
Donovan Baarda <[email protected]>
http://minkirri.apana.org.au/~abo/



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