[Dirvish] Is this a dumb idea? rsync without ssh

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Wed 05 Mar 2008, Petcher, Daniel wrote:
> I'm working on moving my dirvish server onto some new equipment and
> re-organizing the archive, so I've got a few TB of data to move. When I
> rsync from the old server to the new server, the data goes over a SSH
> conduit. I'd like to move the data faster since I know it's entirely
> contained within my trusted network. How do I turn-off the ssh encryption
> tunnel?
 
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:55:10PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote:
> Quoting from the dirvish.conf manpage:
> 
>        tree: path [alias] (S)
>               Specify a directory path on the client to backup.
> 
>               If path is prefixed with a colon the transfer will be done  from
>               an  rsync  daemon  on  the client otherwise the transfer will be
>               done through a remote shell process.

I think Daniel is using raw rsync, without dirvish, for moving
between machines.  That is sensible, given that he is copying
raw data.

However, may I suggest putting a swap cage in the old machine (if
there is a slot available, a big if) or putting an E-SATA card
in the old machine along with a trustworthy SATA to PATA adapter
if necessary?  A direct drive-to-drive copy will be faster than
the network, encrypted or not.


Daniel, Audio Precision is not far from me;  I probably have some
unused swap cages if you want to borrow them for a while.

Keith

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