Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 May 2014 20:41:15 +0100, Mick wrote: > > From your numbering of the possibilities... > > 1.) ...I am no RAID guru and would try this later with data, which > > are not valuable... > > If the drives are not permanently connected, then you will have to > assemble the RAID each tim

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 May 2014 08:59:08 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Mick [14-05-17 09:48]: > > On Saturday 17 May 2014 04:33:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it > > > mopre efficient) the following task: > > > > > > On

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 May 2014 14:44:04 +0100, Stroller wrote: > > a) Unlike other commands, pv will give you a progress bar so that you > > know how long your back up is taking. > > I've been using ddrescue recently - by default it seems to be faster > than plain old regular dd. > > I assume it must be

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread meino . cramer
Daniel Troeder [14-05-17 16:36]: > Am 17.05.2014 11:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > > On Sat, 17 May 2014 09:59:08 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >>> 3. Or you could use a sequential copy: > >>> > >>> cp -a /home /dev/sdb1/ && cp -a /home /dev/sdc1 > > > >> 3.) The files I want to copy a

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Daniel Troeder
Am 17.05.2014 11:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Sat, 17 May 2014 09:59:08 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> 3. Or you could use a sequential copy: >>> >>> cp -a /home /dev/sdb1/ && cp -a /home /dev/sdc1 > >> 3.) The files I want to copy are in the size of some GB each. So the >> cach

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Stroller
On Sat, 17 May 2014, at 8:46 am, Mick wrote: > ... > a) Unlike other commands, pv will give you a progress bar so that you know > how > long your back up is taking. I've been using ddrescue recently - by default it seems to be faster than plain old regular dd. I assume it must be possible to

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 May 2014 09:59:08 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > 3. Or you could use a sequential copy: > > > > cp -a /home /dev/sdb1/ && cp -a /home /dev/sdc1 > 3.) The files I want to copy are in the size of some GB each. So the > cache isnt big enough to hold ALL files for the second

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-05-17 09:48]: > On Saturday 17 May 2014 04:33:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it > > mopre efficient) the following task: > > > > On my HD there are data I want to copy to two identical external HDs. > > Thes

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 May 2014 04:33:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it > mopre efficient) the following task: > > On my HD there are data I want to copy to two identical external HDs. > These HDs are of the same type/model and eac

[gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it mopre efficient) the following task: On my HD there are data I want to copy to two identical external HDs. These HDs are of the same type/model and each is separately connectable via USB to my PC (...these two of the typical