Re: Movie server / large scale file copy

["i_lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
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> I think RichCopy is a later version of RoboCopy?
>
> Phil
>

I can add something to this one..  I used to be something of an exchange
guru and it was a common trick to use eseutil (exchange DB maintenance app)
to move big files around, because it's faster (on reliable connections).

<http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/05/08/slow-large-file-copy-issues.aspx>

Robocopy is resilient, but still buffered - richcopy is unbuffered.

Robocopy is my tool of choice - I keep a 2TB Western Digital NAS box as a
backup, and keep it synced up with my main media server by runnig robocopy
with /MIR (mirror) and /TBD (wait for the network name to come back before
retrying if the machine stops responding).

The 'Robo' is for 'Robust', not 'robotic'.

Richcopy is awesome if you want files to get from A to B as quickly as
humanly possible, and you know the network connections are good (ie, not
wireless)

only word of caution with robocopy - the Mirror option is *dangerous* - it
produces a proper mirror - and will delete files from the destination which
don't exist in the source.

I.



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