Re: [LIH] large data transfer through NFS

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Perhaps you can try rsync utility.

Murali
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Chiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:04 AM
Subject: [LIH] large data transfer through NFS


> Hi,
>
> I am transferring over 70GB of data between two Linux boxes sitting on a
> 100mb LAN.  They are both configured with RAID-0.  The transfer rate
> decreases as the transfer progress increase slowly.  I am using the
command
> "cp -rf /data /nfs-data", the "/nfs-data" is the mounted nfs.
>
> For the first two hours of transfer, the transfer rate was 1GB/30 minutes.
> After 28hours of transfer, it was 35GB completed.  After another 15 hours,
> it was only 45GB.  Which mean, the transfer rate now is 1GB/1.5hours.
>
> Both systems are not running any program.
>
> Is there any way to speed up the transfer? Or is there a faster way to
> transfer large data besides using the "cp" command?
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Eric
>
>
> Eric Chiu
> 4800B El Camino Real
> Los Altos, CA 94022
> Phone: 650-947-6240
>
>
>
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