Andrew wrote:
I just need to transfer a couple hundred thousand files off a **REALLY** slow server to a faster server and to be able to document that file x on slow server is identical to file x on faster server. It is not a forensics problem per se -- but I do need to prove/document the process -- so I'm thinking md5sums. /** begin simplification **/ Procedure 1: The slow option [slow server] calc md5sums > list && nc list > faster_server [slow server] rsync files to faster@server over a 10T crossover cable [faster server] check md5sums against list
This is the option I'd use. Umm, in the amount of time we've been discussing this, you could have already transferred the files this way, I suppose. [snip] Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!