Re: Moving large libraries to another system:

[Brad Jensen <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

is this a onet time thing, or does it happen often?

how far apart are these as/400s?

how fast does it have to get there?

Chris Rehm wrote:
>
> That's kind of a stiff order, Matt! Can't affect the performance of the
> production box? I don't know if that can be achieved.
>
> When you start fetching that data off the drives to send it (ftp was a
> good plan) it is going to busy out the drive arms and the data channels
> from the drive controllers. No matter what, this will cause conflict
> with live jobs.
>
> Did you try just giving it a terrible priority? Like 55 or something? It
> will take forever and it will still cause some delays (data has to
> physically move so that takes time and hardware use), but it might be
> gentle enough on your live box to live with.
>
> Matt Patee wrote:
>
>  >I looked in the archives and did not find anything very apparent. I would
>  >appreciate any suggestions:
>  >
>  >Without using tape (don't ask), what is the best way to transfer a large
>  >library (40gb) from one system to another? It doesn't have to be fast, but
>  >I need it to not affect the performance of my production system (where I'm
>  >sending from).
>  >
>  >I tried FTP, but it ended up slowing the production box. Any help would be
>  >appreciated.
>  >
>  >
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