Large data transfer

[Fixles]

Hello All,

I'm using SCO Openserver 5.06 and need to copy just under 50GB from one server to another. With it being such a large amount I've put both the servers on 1000Mbits to speed things up. Only problem is its taking nearly 4 hours which by my calculations is roughly 30mbits / sec.

I'm using the following command to transfer

rcmd ellisdb "cd /data/sys1; tar cf - . " | (cd /data/sys1/; tar xf -)

I think its the tar bit thats taking the time. Can anyone suggest a better way to do it?

Thanks,

James

 

[pcunix]

Assuming you don't have duplex mismatches ( see

http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec4.html#autonegotiate

), and that this is something you need to do regularly, "rsync" is the way to go; see

http://aplawrence.com/Basics/rsync.html.

The 5.0.6 does not have rsync, but it's easy to install from

http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/index.html#rsync

or compile from source.


Tony Lawrence
Linux/Unix/Mac OS X Resources

http://aplawrence.com