From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 09:55:29 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 3B97A37B422 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A67D43F93 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:55:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bv@wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5KGtKs3060499 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:55:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5KGtKds060498 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:55:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:55:20 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030620165519.GB60063@wjv.com> References: <20030620202906.661e7899.mag@caravan.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-26.6 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) 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: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:55:29 -0000 While normally not able to pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel, on Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:36 our dear friend Wolfpaw - Dale Corse uttered this load of codswallop: > That will also work :P And even faster > if the drives are both local :) True. But when a new client needed to move his sizeable web site to one of the servers I mainain - he gave me access to his account - on a Verio machine - and I rynced cross country. I did this for him as he tried to tar up his old site and his space restriction was such that it was going to take him hours to do it in pieces, transmit and rebuild. rsync did the job in about 1/10th the time with only about 5% of the effort. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Alexey G > > Misurenko > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:29 AM > > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of > > files from one > > server to another. > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:01 +0200 > > Etienne Ledoux wrote: > > > > > 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 ? > > > > > > e. > > > > > > > > > /usr/ports/net/rsync > > > > > > -- > > WBR, Alexey G Misurenko ( MAG-RIPE | MMAGG-RIPN ) > > CTO of Caravan ISP Phone: +7 095 3632252 > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com