Server to Server Move?
 

I saw someone mention this earlier on GFY about how they bought content and wanted to download it directly to there server..

So if I had a ton of content on one server and wanted to move it to another server, how is that done?

couldn't you just tar it all up and use a tftp get/put type thang...

Would help to know what operating systems you are using, sounds like it may be easier just to slave it over?

if its in ftp --> you can use flashfxp ftp -- to ftp

http://www.flashfxp.com/

A few choices:

This will not compress, but will be faster if you have fast drives, and a fast internet connection.
All of this is done from a shell, probably over SSH

Old host:
tar -cf (tar file) (directory to tar)

New host:
cd (wherever you want to save to)
ftp (old host)
enter your user/pass
get (tar file)
quit
tar -xf (tar file)

Or perhaps if you want compression, change it to -czf and -xvf instead of -cf and -xf

Thanks

Anytime

ttcp -r -p 30666 | tar xvpf - -C www.pipecrew.com (on the receiving side, which means attach to port 30666 and
pipe all output to tar, also had to create the destination directory)

tar -cf - -C www.pipecrew.com . | ttcp -t -p 30666 newpipecrewserver.com

(this is on the sender side - means tar up the dir and pipe to ttcp, then ttcp is told to connect to port 30666 and...


this will move it from one server to another with all the permissions :thumbsup

cool, I am not the best with this shit, I will have my technically inclined friends look this thread over :)

if you got technically inclined friends they should know this without looking through this thread