Bug 10994 - Investigate use of rsync to ease NFS load on autobuilder clusters
Summary: Investigate use of rsync to ease NFS load on autobuilder clusters
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: AutoBuilder
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: autobuilder (show other bugs)
Version: 2.3
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: Future
Assignee: Unassigned
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Reported: 2017-01-31 16:47 UTC by Joshua Lock
Modified: 2020-04-09 15:40 UTC (History)
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Description Joshua Lock 2017-01-31 16:47:49 UTC 
We've seen various issues with NFS on the public autobuilder clusters over recent weeks/months. One possible mitigation would be to reduce our reliance on NFS by making use of rsync for file copying (i.e. in PublishArtifacts).

One concern Beth had with making wider use of rsync was requiring an rsync target is too much setup to expect from users.

This issue is to investigate how much setup that actually requires (as a sysadmin rookie) and whether we could easily support an rysnc and no-rsync solution.
Comment 1 Joshua Lock 2017-02-07 15:55:00 UTC 
Relevant docs: https://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsyncd.conf.html
Comment 2 Richard Purdie 2020-04-09 15:40:26 UTC 
Autobuilder2 handles this more efficiently and this isn't a blocking issue as it once was.