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File Copy Program Suggestions Besides TeraCopy
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:20 am
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:20 am
I've been using TeraCopy.
Do you have any suggestions for an alternative program?
I frequently have to copy files to a 7200 RPM external drive to work offsite.
Do you have any suggestions for an alternative program?
I frequently have to copy files to a 7200 RPM external drive to work offsite.
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:28 am to Macfly
Robocopy.
CLI tool but it's great
CLI tool but it's great
Posted on 8/11/16 at 8:12 am to Macfly
Posted on 8/11/16 at 9:35 am to Macfly
Secondcopy, but haven't used it in years. I now use Code42/Crashplan for backups.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:08 pm to WavinWilly
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Robocopy
I second this, it's what we use where I work.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:43 pm to mdomingue
S O L D ! .. all, thanks for the sharing your info and I'm using Robocopy.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:56 pm to Macfly
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S O L D ! .. all, thanks for the sharing your info and I'm using Robocopy.
look into the different swtiches. I've found /MT:16 (you can assign any number of threads) can greatly speed up my transfer time.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 9:42 pm to WavinWilly
Emcopy is basically an advanced version of robocopy. Up to 256 threads. 32 and 64 bit versions. Flags are pretty similar to robocopy. It's free as in beer but you'll either need an emc account to download or find some site that will redistribute. Pm me and I can get it for you if you need though.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 11:21 pm to WavinWilly
Not sure how multithreading helps with file copying, which is I/O bound by definition. Given enough time to run, and especially with larger files, it will reach a point where the destination drive can't keep up with the cached data to be copied, and then, it can't be any better than single threading. It could actually be worse, especially with spinning disks due to thrashing. Also, if it's implemented poorly, it could fragment the copied files. That all assumes different source and destination disks. If they're the same, multithreading can only hurt.
Posted on 8/12/16 at 8:06 am to Spock's Eyebrow
It definitely depends on the situation. If you have lots of small files, copying one at a time will likely be significantly slower than doing multiple. You are right that there would definitely be diminishing returns on multithreading when you're copying from a single drive to another, or even the same disk.
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