problem copying larg amounts of data

[Benjamin Zeller]

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 13:10, Damien Hull wrote:
> Here's what I've got.
>
>    1. Ubuntu Dapper (server edition)
>    2. Did a LAMP install
>    3. Supermicro hardware
>    4. 3ware sata raid card ( other distributions didn't see the drives
>
>       :-)  )
>
>    5. 1.5 TB of storage (RAID 10)
>
> This new server is going to replace an old Debian server.
>
>    1. Not sure what Debain version
>    2. 400 GB of data ( I think )
>
> Here's the problem
>
>    1. I tried to rsync data from the Debian server to the new Ubuntu server
>    2. After a few gigs of data was copied rsync stopped
>          1. I killed the process (Ctrl + c)
>          2. The new server was locked
>          3. Had to hit the power button
>    3. Stared over and got the same result. The new server locked up.
>
> We have samba setup on the server. So we tried using a windows program
> to copy the data.
>
>    1. We move down the directory structure and try to copy 54g of data
>    2. It starts copying and everything is fine
>    3. We start seeing errors ( not copying data )
>    4. It starts coying data again
>    5. We kill the program
>    6. Our new server is locked
>
> QUESTIONS
>
>    1. Why didn't rsync work?
>    2. Why was the Windows software unable to copy data?
>    3. Why did the system (Ubuntu on new server) lock up?
>
> We think it has something to do with long file names and or to many
> subdirectories. Were not sure though.

Which NIC?

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