Veon wrote: > Ray Todd Stevens wrote: >> We have a backuppc system setup that has been running for a while >> now. We are >> expanding the office and I am going to need more storage space. To >> do this I will need to >> copy the data off, reconfigure the array with more drives and then >> reload the system. >> >> How is the best way to do this? > Hi, > cp -a is the best way imho. > I moved a storage fs few days ago without problems. > Hope this help. (and sorry for my english).
It depends on the size of your pool. A lot of hardlinks can make cp -a take a very, very long time. In that case it is probably a lot faster to use dd to copy the filesystem over and grow the filesystem afterwards. Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
