What are you trying to do? If you are just _moving_ the data one-time, I would probably use something other than NFS. However, if it's a remote filesystem for Multimedia, I would use NFS.
Jon On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Kelerion wrote: > I'm not exactly an expert on this subject (or many others for that > matter) but is NFS really a suitable solutions to transfering 1.5TB+ of > data over a network?? I didn't think it was *very* stable... > > Just a thought > > Kel > > > > van Aswegen, Marinus (ZA - Johannesburg) wrote: > > Hi Alan > > > > There are many transfer mechanism you can use provided you have space on the > > destination. > > Is the information confidential ? You can try FTP, NFS or even RSYNC. > > > > Regards, > > > > Marinus van Aswegen > > > > Principal Consultant > > > > Deloitte & Touche > > Security Services Group > > > > Phone: +27-(0)11-209-6324 > > Fax: +27-(0)11-806-5202 > > > > "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't > > get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a > > hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1975 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan Harding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23 July 2003 12:43 > > To: Redhat List > > Subject: Data Migration > > > > > > Hello Chums I wonder if you could help me with a quick question > > > > I have an "oppurtunity" to migrate some data from one Unix server to > > another. I was going to use *nix tools to do it and had plumped for Rsync. I > > have a lot of data to move (1.5Tb+ from one site and 1Tb+ from another), but > > time is not an issue, reliability of the data is. Is Rsync the correct > > animal for the job, or is there something better that I could Use. Concerns > > have been raised by some in the organisation who had heard that Rsync misses > > data. Any comments I can use to confirm or deny that? > > > > As I said its a large amount of data, but we have Gigabit links, and time to > > do it properly > > > > Any Help is appreciated > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
