Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

200 GB on locally mounted filesystems just isn't all *THAT* much. I'm not quite sure how you'd use 'dd', but cp or rsync should do the trick just fine. Note that rsync has the added benefit of being able to, essentially, start from where you failed -- but I usually reserve that for network

Need to copy a 200GB directory

We need to copy a large (200+GB) directory from one filesystem to another, both locally mounted. I'm unsure as to what I should use to do this, cp, rsync, dd? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. --charlie Charlie Farinella Systems Administrator Appropriate Solutions, Inc. 1-603-924-6079

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

rsync -a source destination is all it should take. On Jun 26, 2017 3:25 PM, "Dan Garthwaite" wrote: > Ditto Ken on two points: 200GB isn't that large (I've worked in an > animation studio) and rsync is restartable. I'd go with rsync. > > It has a dizzying array of options

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

Ditto Ken on two points: 200GB isn't that large (I've worked in an animation studio) and rsync is restartable. I'd go with rsync. It has a dizzying array of options and even more finer points. You don't need the rsync daemon. Try to use full paths. Include trailing slashes if copying

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

I definitely would use rsync. I regularly copy 2-3 TB from between filesystems, both locally and over networks, using it. cp would work, but rsync is better if you do need to interrupt and restart or if you just need to synchronize changes. On 6/26/2017 3:11 PM, Charles Farinella wrote: > We

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

Locally, cp is faster because you cannot make rsync not encrypt, but the restart-from-where-it-stopped feature of rsync makes it worth the wait. Mark On Jun 26, 2017 3:18 PM, "Charles Farinella" < cfarine...@appropriatesolutions.com> wrote: > We need to copy a large (200+GB) directory from one

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

rsync it is, thanks to all. --charlie On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 4:11 PM, mark wrote: > Locally, cp is faster because you cannot make rsync not encrypt, but the > restart-from-where-it-stopped feature of rsync makes it worth the wait. > > Mark > > On Jun 26, 2017 3:18 PM,

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

Yeah, dd is wrong, I'll play with cp and rsync and pick one. Thanks. --charlie Charlie Farinella Systems Administrator Appropriate Solutions, Inc. 1-603-924-6079 On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > 200 GB on locally mounted filesystems just isn't all

Re: Need to copy a 200GB directory

rsync -van --stats --exclude images/ --exclude other_big_dir/ /var/source/ /var/destination/ -v verbose -a archive mode (preserves perms., recursive, etc.) -n dry-run Make sure to use trailing slashes if transferring directories Use excludes to get it working before you move the biggest