Re: Move large number of files from AIX to Windows

Alan R Vidmar <Alan.Vidmar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've got an F80 with a large number of files (1.6 Million files, 800K
folders, ~60GB) on a JFS2 SSA Raid 5 array that I need to get down to
a Windows server. I've been able to copy the files using NFS and SSH,
but it just takes too long (~1.5 days) Both servers have Gb
interfaces and are working as expected, but NFS and SSH are just too
slow for this process.

I think the fastest way may be to move the files/folders to a
portable/removable drive that can be attached to each server. But I
just don't think there exists and interface/partition format that
both AIX and Windows2003 both support.

I also thought about TARing up the whole folder structure then NFS or
SSH it down, but the TAR process seems to take half as long as the
transfer. Thus it's no time saver.

Any thoughts?

tar -c | nc on the AIX side and then nc | tar -x on the Windows side.
You'll of course need to find a version of netcat and tar for Windows.

This should be significantly faster than SSH although there is no
encryption or authentication.

You may also want to mount -noatime on the filesystem, if AIX supports
such a thing, as writing an updated entry when the file is copied isn't
exactly useful for you.

<<CDC

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