Re: What would be the best way to copy lots of files from one server to another.

From: Ted Cabeen (secabeen_at_pobox.com)
Date: 06/20/03

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    To: Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:48:28 -0700

    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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