So ive been a linux user since early 1995…. and its been my business for years for server management and development. But being an older jaded IT guy I just use the best tool for the job these days, no evangalising. But occasionally something reminds me why I love Linux. So a few nightmare moments with new WD 1.5TB Green drive that seems to have data issues in Windows 7. So I needed to move about 850GB of data across my network, and keep it in sync over several days till I can re-install onto a new drive. Stupidly I tried just doing it via SMB…. but I should know better, Windows 7 was stuttering due to bad data, even cygwin wasnt the answer
So in intead I boot an Ubuntu boot disk, fire up a terminal session…and rsync saves the day… all I can say is never forget rsync, what a lovely tool.
rsync -ave ssh folderonthismachine username@server:/folder/
what a lovely command!
