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05-07-2010, 11:37 PM #1Newbie
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what is the best way to move data from server to server?
my server A have 160G HD, and it already have 130G data with a lot of small files.
now i have a new server B with 1TB HD
what is the best way to move the data from server A to B?
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05-07-2010, 11:42 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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What kind of data is it (databases? lots of small files?)? Are server A and B in the same datacenter? Is the data mission critical or can you suffer some downtime?
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05-07-2010, 11:43 PM #3Newbie
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05-07-2010, 11:43 PM #4WHT Addict
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Depends on what kind of data it is. Could be just as simple as tar/gzip the old server data, and scp it to the new one.
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05-07-2010, 11:46 PM #5Newbie
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05-07-2010, 11:53 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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If you're on linux, try rsync, probably alternatives or ports on Windows as well.
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05-07-2010, 11:55 PM #7Newbie
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05-08-2010, 03:39 AM #8THE Web Hosting Master
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Rsync has always worked well. First sync might take awhile, but then you can always refresh the data with further syncs, until you're ready for a full switch.
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05-08-2010, 03:51 AM #9The Linux Specialist
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05-08-2010, 04:04 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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Well if you do well planing, you can minimize downtime to time that DNS propagation takes.
First of all move Database,
Set your site in read-only mode with big display on site for it.
Once DB is transferred change your site code to use db on new server and remove read only banner
Start moving site data with rsync for Linux and Robocopy in Windows.
Set schedule Sync from A server to B every half hour.
Change DNS.
All done
Migration is never easy as it sounds, consider all granularity about configuration.
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05-08-2010, 07:57 PM #11Support Facility
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Yes, If you are using linux as a both server then rsync is a good options for files like (php, html). If you are using windows their are rsync ports to windows.
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05-08-2010, 08:55 PM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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Hello,
Rsync lets you copy files and directories between a local host and a remote host (source and destination can also be local if you need.) Rsync is widely used for backups and mirroring and as an improved copy command for everyday use. The main advantage of using Rsync is that rsync can use SSH as a secure channel, send/receive only the bytes inside files that changed since the last replication. You can use rsync here to transfer the files/folders.
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05-09-2010, 03:40 PM #14Newbie
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You could just do a
tar cfvz - files | ssh user@host cat ">" destination
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