Data Transfer

Hi All: I'm having a problem transferring current data from a production box to our development box. I've tried using FTP but I'm having issues with this. First I did a SAVF on the library but it seems there is a limit on the amount of data that can be transferred at a time. I believe I can change the limit but that's not my main concern. I split the save into multiple save files and only saved PFs and LFs but I still end up with approx. 100 GB of data to transfer. My problem is that in using FTP it is taking about 3 hrs. to FTP 16 GB of data. This would result in a time of almost 20 hrs. to transfer the 100 GB. Is there a faster way to do this or is using a tape backup and physically delivering it to the other machine the fastest way? I only have a window of approx. 4-5 hrs. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

TIA

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Don Wereschuk
ISD - Programmer/Analyst
Simcoe Parts Service Inc.
Phone: 705-435-7814 Ex: 302
Fax: 705-435-5029
mailto:dwereschuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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