you are searching for the "--target-compare-initial-sync on" switch for the isi sync policies modify.
afaik the diff-Switch only is usefull if you have big files. small files (lower 128K ?) will be replicated instantly since checksumcalculation and comparisson takes more time, than transferring
Echoing what sluetze says, yes you can definitely perform a diff sync job to compare the file system and only transfer changed data. Once completed the snapshots will be in place to continue an incremental sync schedule which will perform significantly faster. The initial diff sync will take it's time to complete as it does still make comparisons back and forth between the clusters, but it should ultimately save a good deal of time from having to do a full sync.
sluetze
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September 24th, 2015 06:00
Hi Dave,
you are searching for the "--target-compare-initial-sync on" switch for the isi sync policies modify.
afaik the diff-Switch only is usefull if you have big files. small files (lower 128K ?) will be replicated instantly since checksumcalculation and comparisson takes more time, than transferring
Regards
--sluetze
cadiletta
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September 24th, 2015 08:00
Dave,
Echoing what sluetze says, yes you can definitely perform a diff sync job to compare the file system and only transfer changed data. Once completed the snapshots will be in place to continue an incremental sync schedule which will perform significantly faster. The initial diff sync will take it's time to complete as it does still make comparisons back and forth between the clusters, but it should ultimately save a good deal of time from having to do a full sync.