On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Mathias Herberts < mathias.herbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > This is absolutely true. Distcp dominates cp for large copies. On the > other hand cp dominates distcp for convenience. > > > > In my own experience, I love cp when copying relatively small amounts of > data (10's of GB) where the available bandwidth of about a GB/s allows the > copy to complete in less time that it takes distcp to get started. > > > > At larger sizes (100's of GB and up), the startup time of distcp doesn't > matter because once it gets going, it moves data much faster. > > Maybe we could put together a 'fs -smartcp' which choses wisely between > copy and distcp depending on file size > Uh... hmm... This is a good suggestion. Obvious in fact. In retrospect. I would also suggest that the new command be called "distcp".
