What would be the best way to copy lots of files from oneserver to another.

[Chuck Swiger]

Etienne Ledoux wrote:
> I need to copy lots of directories/files from one server to another. Approx 
> 45Gb . These files are mailboxes stored in maildir format. What would be the 
> best/safest/quickest way to do this ?

Putting the disks onto one machine and copying locally is going to be a win 
considering the amount of data you have, but if you have to copy over the 
network, consider using something like rsync.

-Chuck