From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 22 09:55:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FEF37B401 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout05.sul.t-online.com (mailout05.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E3F44003 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:55:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd11.aul.t-online.de by mailout05.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19U877-0006iO-03; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:54:49 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (VOejmOZLweA2mz8nGDrX2Ump+iPW9GStm6UxS9gkGzNjzfLUT21TZy@[80.131.120.204]) by fmrl11.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 19U86r-123ZMu0; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:54:33 +0200 Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (Magelan [192.168.1.1]) h5MGsWI8022678; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:54:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h5MGsVlm055853; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:54:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:54:31 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Etienne Ledoux Message-Id: <20030622185431.79d8c0de.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org> References: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Seen: false X-ID: VOejmOZLweA2mz8nGDrX2Ump+iPW9GStm6UxS9gkGzNjzfLUT21TZy@t-dialin.net cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one server to another. X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:55:14 -0000 On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:01 +0200 Etienne Ledoux wrote: > 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 ? Not mentioned yet: cd /path/to/root/of/files && tar -cf - . | ssh me@destination 'cd /path/to destination && tar -xvpf -' or similar with "dump ... | ssh ... restore ..." with either the native compression of ssh or tar (or no compression at all if the transfered size doesn't matter). Bye, Alexander. -- Actually, Microsoft is sort of a mixture between the Borg and the Ferengi. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7