On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:07:54AM -0500, Mike Lococo wrote: > Is anyone else using unison to sync directories of several hundred > megabytes? In addition to using it for backup, unison is my preferred > method of transferring files to and from the 770. However, when I move > a large volume of data (for example a 300MB audio book from > librivox.org, or a recompressed movie from archive.org) I find that it > often fails or behaves erratically. Transfer speeds fluctuate wildly, > the device gui often becomes unresponsive, and occasional reboots occur. Perhaps the device runs out of memory? You could check that with top. > The reliability of the transfer can be improved by throttling the speed > using SSH. By switching to 3DES encryption and turning on compression, > network speed is cpu throttled at around 175KB/sec. The peak throughput > is reduced, but the erratic slowdowns disappear and the device appears > much more stable during the transfer. > > Is anyone else experiencing similar behavior? I usually just use scp. Marius Gedminas -- A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20061215/f86fae55/attachment.pgp
