File Copying utilities for people with lots of data

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pete.lill

I look after a 64 bit 2003 server with around 7 TB of data consisting
of 25 million files. Periodically I need to copy a subset of this data
onto other servers or external drives, and in the past have used
robocopy or a direct restore through backup exec (I'm on 11d).

robocopy is nice and resillient, and quicker than using built in
windows copying for large amounts of small files locally, but over a
network its very slow. I need to find another utility for copying
large amounts of data, that is resilient, and has the same kid of /MIR
(mirror option) switch as robocopy does. /MIR is very helpful in
migrating from one storage platform to another as you can do the bulk
of your copy ahead of time, then run a final pass just before your cut
over that compares source and target and only copy any changes made on
the source.

Does anyone know if a decent command line or GUI file copying utility,
doesnt have to be free..

Thanks,
 
Pete,

As you talk about "storage platform" and huge number of files and a lot of
data to be moving around, I would suggest you talk to your storage vendor.
Most storage vendors have storage based replication or migration. This way,
you are not using host cycles to move date, nor are you using IP networking
to move data

Talk to your storage vendor first !

rgds,
edwin.
 
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