Network copy utility

[canadian_divx]

Simple question,

Is there a tool out there that is better than the windows copy utility?

I am moving a bunch of media data from one server to anouther over the network.

network is gigabit but its 4tb worth of data.

anyone have any imput?

Both servers are windows 2008.

 

[LordOfLA]

teracopy, but its slower than the copy in windows 2008/vista/7

 

[fitz]

robocopy..

edit: also had good results with autoclone which you can get the full version for free - just expect a call from their sales folk if you take them up on their free offer to push their automove solution.

 

[canadian_divx]

would you say that robo copy is faster than the SMB2.0 in 2008/vista/7??

 

[LordOfLA]

server 2008/vista sp2 /7 copy as fast as is physically possible now. you probably only need other tools to avoid situations where 1 file error causing a whole transfer to stop.

 

[fitz]

mostly true lord.. I still find transfers a little faster with robocopy and autocone than regular file copies but it may just be me..

But, the reason I like the 3rd party utilities a lot better is the flexibility they provide - especially when doing scheduled file transfers.

 

[kcnychief]

I can also vote for killcopy