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I'm trying to use rsync to backup some files from an internal harddisk to a usb-drive. (I'm working on a wd mybook world NAS)
There are two folders that I want to backup. A music folder and a video folder. The music folder(864 files, round about 10gb) worked perfectly in something about 1 hour (for the complete progress).
But the video folder(1025 files, round about 700gb) is still on "sending incremental file list" for now 8 hours. I don't think anything has been transferred. What could cause such a difference? The video folder hasn't that much more files in it. Yeah it is a lot bigger, but that shouldn't make a difference on generating the file list I think.
I'm using this rsync command:
/shares/extern # rsync -avPc --stats /shares/Public/Shared\ Videos /shares/extern/
I now since i am working on a NAS, I haven't that much cpu power, but it's far too long I think.
What do you think, is this behaviour normal? Are there any suggests what i can do to speed the whole thing a bit up?
I'm using rsync 3.0.2
2Please don't put answers in the question body. You can add an answer of your own if no current answers are correct or comment on other people's answers if you have something to add. Thanks! – Caleb – 2011-08-04T11:35:51.673