RE: Fastest COPY method on Unix ?

From: Deepak Sharma <sharmakdeep_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <10544.110940@fatcity.com>

I tried testing with 1 Gig file and found TAR to be the fastest. I am looking for some command where you could specify a large BUFFER to copy file on DIsk (not on Tape). How does 'dd' perform ? Anyone ?

• Deepak
  • "Deshpande, Kirti" <Kirti.Deshpande_at_gtedc.gte.com> wrote:
    > I think 'cp' will be the fastest to copy files from
    > one FS to another on the
    > same machine. cpio or tar will be an overkill for
    > such things, as you will
    > have to pipe the output to some other command to
    > write to new location. It
    > will add more processing and time.
    > - Kirti
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Deepak Sharma [SMTP:sharmakdeep_at_yahoo.com]
    > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 5:08 PM
    > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
    > > Subject: Fastest COPY method on Unix ?
    > >
    > > Slightly off-topic question. I am trying to find
    > the
    > > quickest way to copy files from one file system to
    > the
    > > other on Digital Unix. It does not matter what
    > command
    > > is used (cp, cpio, tar, vdump etc.) as long as I
    > have
    > > a copy in the fastest time.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Deepak
    > >
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Do You Yahoo!? Received on Fri Jun 30 2000 - 10:47:01 CDT