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Re: [PLUG] Saving data from a precarious drive
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 08:45:50AM -0400, Bill Hance wrote:
> I would only worry about working it to death if it was getting read or
> write errors. It's spinning at 7-10k rpm all the time anyway. I would copy
> everything to another server ASAP.
+1
> If something is irreplaceable, I would copy that off first
+1
>, then some sort
> of rsync or copy *.* to get it all.
Just for informational purposes, rsync has a bandwidth limiting option. But
as above, I would not worry about how fast the data is being pulled. I would
mostly worry about prioritizing which data gets pulled first.
Dan W.
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