Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751300AbVKLEio (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:38:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751303AbVKLEin (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:38:43 -0500 Received: from bay103-f13.bay103.hotmail.com ([65.54.174.23]:27387 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751300AbVKLEin (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:38:43 -0500 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [24.16.111.185] X-Originating-Email: [mhearse@hotmail.com] From: "Matt Hersant" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: inode kernel option for HA clustering/rsync Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:38:42 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2005 04:38:42.0669 (UTC) FILETIME=[F5BE89D0:01C5E742] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 12 I'm working on a clustering project which utilizes rsync for system mirroring. A main priority is to reduce rsync runtime and IO load. I have heard of a kernel 'inode' option which can be used to cache a list of modified files. The list of files is then passed to rsync on the next run. Has anyone heard of this kernel option. Thanks in advance. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/