offload: Use gzip instead of xz for compression on the master.

* guix/scripts/offload.scm (send-files): Use gzip --fast instead of xz.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-09-25 22:21:09 +02:00
parent 62d2b57157
commit 5ef9d7deea

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@ -474,14 +474,19 @@ (define (missing-files files)
;; 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 @@ (define (missing-files files)
(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))))))