October 6, 200817 yr See subject. ? Is it even possible to mount one UR server on the other and is that the best way? How? Thanks
October 6, 200817 yr What is it you are transferring and how much? I would suggest rsync and/or unison. I use rsync between allot of systems with a great degree of success. I even use it iwthin the system when copying disk to disk to help control the flow of data using the bwlimit option. (This way it does not disturb my rtorrent session). It's fast and will copy files incrementally by directory. it can also remove the source after success. unison is supposed to be good too, but I've never used it.
October 7, 200817 yr Author Sorry I didn't make my self completely clear. I was rushing to get it posted. This is really a one time deal. I need to copy about a terabyte from one to the other as quickly as possible. Rsync is for periodic cron job backups and the like, yes?
October 7, 200817 yr Sorry I didn't make my self completely clear. I was rushing to get it posted. This is really a one time deal. I need to copy about a terabyte from one to the other as quickly as possible. Rsync is for periodic cron job backups and the like, yes? It's not just for periodic cron job backups. It is for synchronizing files/directories, etc, etc. It's fast as almost any other network copy program and it keeps attributes intact. rsync -avP /source rsync://host/destinationchunkinrsyncconf/path will work You would have to set some things up in /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/rsyncd.conf set this line in /etc/inetd.conf root@Atlas /boot/custom/etc/rc.d #grep rsync /etc/inetd.conf rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/rsync --daemon The do a ps -ef | grep inetd to find inetd's pid. Then do a kill -1 on the pid (as found) make sure it is -1. root@Atlas /boot/custom/etc/rc.d #ps -ef | grep inetd root 1885 1 0 Oct04 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/inetd root 28201 28167 0 21:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep inetd root@Atlas /boot/custom/etc/rc.d #kill -1 1885 Here are some chunks from mine root@Atlas /boot/custom/etc/rc.d #less /etc/rsyncd.conf uid = root gid = root use chroot = no max connections = 4 pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid timeout = 600 [boot] path = /boot comment = /boot files read only = FALSE [mnt] path = /mnt comment = /mnt files read only = FALSE so to copy disk1 from one server to another rsync -avP /mnt/disk1 rsync://server2/mnt/disk1 The syntax of the ending directory escapes me. Sometimes you need a trailing slash, other times you don't. So do some reading on that first. But this is the general idea. I've used it to move terabytes of data. If you interrupt it, it can pickup from what has not been sync'ed. It's a great tool.
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