Dan Mossor <dan.mossor@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > When the DVD is built, I pull the updates across the local network to > my machine and build the DVD there. These <4GiB transfers sometimes > take close to 3 to 4 hours using NFS, and it is a Gigabit > network. Have you checked the bandwidth usage during these transfers? That transferring a file not even 4GB in size takes 3--4 hours makes me think that the problem is not so much the protocol you´re using but something else. As to NFS, I have had bad experiences with it, like network cards freezing up and computers being halted because NFS failed for unknown reasons. I never got it to work reliably and would not recommend using NFS for anything. Samba may be the easiest one to use, with scp and rsync as alternatives, followed by FTP. Efficiency is not necessarily measured solely in what kind of overhead a protocol burdens the networking hardware with. In the end, you want to get the job done reliably within reasonable amounts of time and without going to lengths. A few seconds more or less on transfers of up to 4GB, caused by differences in the design of the transfer protocols, are probably irrelevant in your scenario. As much as I like efficiency, sacrificing "bare metal" efficiency for benefits like greater ease of use and increased reliability can be quite worthwhile when it yields a better overall efficiency. While your transfers take hours to complete, what does it matter which protocol you´re using? With any of them, the transfers are likely to take these unreasonable amounts of time until you fix the real problem. Once it is fixed, you can still experiment with different protocols and find out which one gives the best results. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
