Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:35:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: xfb52@dial.pipex.com (Alex Zbyslaw) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, SJK <norwoh@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Moving Files to new hardware Message-ID: <200506301635.j5UGZ5BA007564@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <42C403E9.8060903@dial.pipex.com>
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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. Yes, those are of interest if you are doing more than a one shot transfer of files, eg frequently updating the machines -sync-ing with each other. But, hardly worth the bother if only doing it once. ////jerry > > --Alex >
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