From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 15 20:35:30 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE51C4CB for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:35:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B2D2828 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:35:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r7FKZSbv010972; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:35:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CEA1F123D2; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:35:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:35:28 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: aurfalien Subject: Re: copying milllions of small files and millions of dirs Message-ID: <20130815203528.GA87120@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <7E7AEB5A-7102-424E-8B1E-A33E0A2C8B2C@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7E7AEB5A-7102-424E-8B1E-A33E0A2C8B2C@gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:35:30 -0000 --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:13:25AM -0700, aurfalien wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > Is there a faster way to copy files over NFS? Can you log into your NAS with ssh or telnet? It so I would suggest using tar(1) and nc(1). It has been a while since I measured it, but IIRC the combination of tar (without compression) and netc= at could saturate a 100 Mbit ethernet connection. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlINO5AACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXKGQCgqj/yhioFQsNJurRvWYdtQUzU 9NsAnR6A7Od+lvf+gr+tEptvzo13adRv =QF9I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--