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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/offload.scm | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/offload.scm b/guix/scripts/offload.scm index c0df03b98f..d594be18e5 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/offload.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/offload.scm @@ -474,14 +474,19 @@ success, #f otherwise." ;; Compute the subset of FILES missing on MACHINE, and send them in ;; topologically sorted order so that they can actually be imported. + ;; + ;; To reduce load on the machine that's offloading (since it's typically + ;; already quite busy, see hydra.gnu.org), compress with gzip rather + ;; than xz: For a compression ratio 2 times larger, it is 20 times + ;; faster. (let* ((files (missing-files (topologically-sorted store files))) (pipe (remote-pipe machine OPEN_WRITE - '("xz" "-dc" "|" + '("gzip" "-dc" "|" "guix" "archive" "--import") #:quote? #f))) (format #t (_ "sending ~a store files to '~a'...~%") (length files) (build-machine-name machine)) - (call-with-compressed-output-port 'xz pipe + (call-with-compressed-output-port 'gzip pipe (lambda (compressed) (catch 'system-error (lambda () @@ -489,7 +494,8 @@ success, #f otherwise." (lambda args (warning (_ "failed while exporting files to '~a': ~a~%") (build-machine-name machine) - (strerror (system-error-errno args))))))) + (strerror (system-error-errno args)))))) + #:options '("--fast")) ;; Wait for the 'lsh' process to complete. (zero? (close-pipe pipe)))))) |