On 12/15 05:42 , Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> The other one isn't even close to finishing, as far as I can tell.
> In the face of it taking nigh-on 5 hours just to *walk the tree*,
> from the local host, I haven't been focusing on little things like
> ssh encryption choices too much.  :)

So you're convinced the speed bottleneck is firmly on the filesystem/disk array?

I've noticed that changing the SSH cipher helps substantially sometimes; but
sometimes (often?) not much. It's a worthwhile optimization when it works
tho. I think I've seen 10-15% improvement in backup times.

As for your link issues; the suggestion that it may be a keepalive problem
reminded me of this tool:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/openssh-watchdog

It may be worth trying that.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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