coreutils [ Top ][ All Lists ] Advanced X-Body-Begin X-User-Header X-User-Header-End X-TopPNI [ Date Prev ][ Date Next ][ Thread Prev ][ Thread Next ][ Date Index ][ Thread Index ] X-TopPNI-End X-MsgBody X-Subject-Header-Begin From : Rasmus Borup Hansen X-Subject-Header-End X-Head-of-Message Subject : My experience with using cp to copy a lot of files (432 millions, 39 TB) Date : Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:55:20 +0200 X-Head-of-Message-End X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin X-Head-Body-Sep-End X-Body-of-Message Hi! I recently had to copy a lot of files and even though I've 20 years experience with various Unix variants I was still surprised by the behaviour of cp and I think my observations should be shared with the community. The setup: An old Dell server (2 cores, 2 GB initially, 10 GB later, running Ubuntu Trusty) with a new Dell storage enclosure ...