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Subject: Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one
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Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org> writes:

> 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 ?

rsync is probably your best bet.  That way you can do an initial copy
while the server is still running and then do a quick re-sync during
the switchover.  Otherwise you'll have significant downtime while the
copy goes through.  45GB is a lot of data.

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