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Re:How to transfer large amounts of data via network by moe on Friday February 06, 2015 @04:13PM (#9011576)
Ever tried to make a torrent containing millions of files? ;-)
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Re:How to transfer large amounts of data via network by avn2109 on Saturday February 07, 2015 @12:47AM (#9013217)
No, but I do have tar -czf whatever.tar.gz, right?
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Re:How to transfer large amounts of data via network by moe on Saturday February 07, 2015 @11:38AM (#9014425)
We usually don't have the patience nor spare disk space to spend days or weeks on creating a multi-terabyte tar-archive first.

I'm also rather skeptical that the common BT clients are made to handle files in the multi-terabyte range very well.

And finally, BT only makes sense when you're transferring to multiple destinations. There are better options for 1-to-1 transfers.

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Re:How to transfer large amounts of data via network by avn2109 on Saturday February 07, 2015 @01:18PM (#9014768)
Well that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
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