Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:48:28 -0700 From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com> To: Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one server to another. Message-ID: <87r85oej2r.fsf@gray.impulse.net> In-Reply-To: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org> (Etienne Ledoux's message of "Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:01 %2B0200") References: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org>
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Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org> writes: > Greetings, > > I need to copy lots of directories/files from one server to another. Approx > 45Gb . These files are mailboxes stored in maildir format. What would be the > best/safest/quickest way to do this ? rsync is probably your best bet. That way you can do an initial copy while the server is still running and then do a quick re-sync during the switchover. Otherwise you'll have significant downtime while the copy goes through. 45GB is a lot of data. -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com
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