[Cialug] Moving Linux from one disk to another

[David Bierce]

For copying to a new disk, I'll stick with tar.

However, I've been using rsync version 3 for backups at home and it  
has been much much faster from the previous version.  Especially when  
copying lots of little files.

Dave

On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

> I love rsync. I use it for backups on my home network by rsync'ing
> machines to a file server. I was a bit surprised to see it recommended
> for copying from one disk to another though. In my experience, rsync  
> is
> wonderful for synchronizing large file sets where not much has  
> changed.
> But for an initial copy it is very slow. I haven't objectively
> benchmarked it recently, but it seems to take about twice as long as
> tar or cp. Usually when adding a new machine to an rsync backup plan i
> do the initial file copy using tar piped through an ssh connection,  
> and
> then use rsync for subsequent updates.
>
> On Friday September 5 2008 09:52, David Champion wrote:
>> I was with Paul... until he said he hates rsync. The only thing I  
>> hate
>> about rysnc is most windows admins don't know what it is, so I can't
>> rsync to their servers.
>>
>> -dc
>
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