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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:00:13 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from oneserver to	another.
Message-ID:  <3EF33D9D.2070703@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org>
References:  <200306181340.06730.etienne@unix.za.org>

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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 ?

Putting the disks onto one machine and copying locally is going to be a win 
considering the amount of data you have, but if you have to copy over the 
network, consider using something like rsync.

-Chuck




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