I allways move my pools using super complex procedure stop backuppc cp -a start backuppc
:-D On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:25:31 -0500 (EST), Stephen Joyce wrote > I've had good results moving storage pools between RAID devices (for > maintenance) using xfsdump and xfsrestore. I'd recommend that you > investigate the dump/restore commands for your filesystem (I've learned to > avoid ext for anything over ~1TB but YMMV). > > For locally attached devices, the rates were competitive with all other > methods I tried. You can use dump/restore commands over the net from > one server to another, but beware of the overhead of your transfer protocol > (if you're using a ssh tunnel choose your cipher wisely to reduce > overhead). > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, Stephen > -- > Stephen Joyce > Systems Administrator P A N I C > Physics & Astronomy Department Physics & Astronomy > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Network Infrastructure > voice: (919) 962-7214 and Computing > fax: (919) 962-0480 http://www.panic.unc.edu > > (3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is > not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they > are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them > as they fly overhead. > -- RFC 1925 - Fundamental truths of networking > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Mike Sauer wrote: > > > I've has success using PAX to copy ~72GB of data. > > > > pax -r -w /old/path /new/path > > > > It took quite a while, far longer than DD would have, but personally > > prefer copying on a file level to a device level. The tail end copy > > process in an intense IO seek for to match hard lines. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ======================================================================================= El que de amigos carece es porque no los merece. ======================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
