Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:38:33 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: SJK <norwoh@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving Files to new hardware Message-ID: <42C403E9.8060903@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <200506301318.j5UDISTY007057@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200506301318.j5UDISTY007057@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister wrote: >>Is it possible to copy the files from the old server already online >>directly to this new server using broadband? What do I need to know >>and do to accomplish this? I appreciate any other insight in >>transitioning this change over/ >> >> > >Well, presuming your setup allows both machines to be online at the >same time - two different connections or internal network or whatever, >then sure. It is easy. Either FTP(1) or SCP(1) work just fine for one >time transfers. There are some others that are good for keeping the >two systems up-to-date with each other if you want to do it frequently. > > You could also investigate rsync (or rdist, or is that deprecated now?) which can save you bandwidth if you regularly update one machine from another. --Alex
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