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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:50:10 -0400
From:      Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com>
To:        net.help@m2k.com.tw
Cc:        freebsd-performance <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Migrate large amount of small files
Message-ID:  <cone.1255294210.110142.12459.1000@shelca>
References:  <1255189612.42461.net.help@m2k.com.tw>

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Ckcheng writes:

> 1. rsync
> 2. tar ..

If this is a migration I find that tar to the local machine, copy over, 
restore, then rsync are likely the best options.

In my experience copying lots of small files is going to take a long time, 
no matter which method you use.

>From all the combinations I have tried in the past tar first then rsync 
worked best for me. 



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