Feature request: batch process source file reads
Posted: 16 Jan 2010, 07:30
Background
I have a 300GByte NAS store that contains lots of individual files - photo and the like. I have to date run rync in the NAS server to a USB Drive attached to the NAS server and if the images are up to date it takes approx 30 minutes to do a file compare.
The problem with this solution is that I cannot copy 300Gbyte using rsync without USB drive lockup. Once I have an image created, rsync is ok as the amount of data to be copied is always less than a giga byte or so ie the initial image creation is a pain.
So now I want a replacement backup system - I have had AllSync unused for some time now so time to start using it.
The problem
This 300GB NAS store is accessed as a drive mapping in windows XP where I am running AllSync Pro.
I use AllSync to image this data store to a USB drive attached to the XP machine.
If the images are up to date (tkaes 2 days to create the initial image) it still takes 9 to 10 hours to check - ie no file copies just checking file dates / times / size etc. AllSync appears to do this check file by file.
Feature request
Is there some way to read a bunch of such source file data in a batch then do a faster compare to the destination drive?
Obviously there will have to be some caveats like this action assumes no file activity on the source for this batch compare time.
I have a 300GByte NAS store that contains lots of individual files - photo and the like. I have to date run rync in the NAS server to a USB Drive attached to the NAS server and if the images are up to date it takes approx 30 minutes to do a file compare.
The problem with this solution is that I cannot copy 300Gbyte using rsync without USB drive lockup. Once I have an image created, rsync is ok as the amount of data to be copied is always less than a giga byte or so ie the initial image creation is a pain.
So now I want a replacement backup system - I have had AllSync unused for some time now so time to start using it.
The problem
This 300GB NAS store is accessed as a drive mapping in windows XP where I am running AllSync Pro.
I use AllSync to image this data store to a USB drive attached to the XP machine.
If the images are up to date (tkaes 2 days to create the initial image) it still takes 9 to 10 hours to check - ie no file copies just checking file dates / times / size etc. AllSync appears to do this check file by file.
Feature request
Is there some way to read a bunch of such source file data in a batch then do a faster compare to the destination drive?
Obviously there will have to be some caveats like this action assumes no file activity on the source for this batch compare time.