How to copy TB of files without the console timing out?

[1liminal1]

So im trying to copy my media from my NAS to ZFS storage. But cant seem to do that from the GUI. They are both mounted in Proxmox, but the console window times out.

How are you meant to copy big files?

Thanks

 

[rolandmade]

Good idea not to do it in a GUI. You can use e.g. the tool screen (screen - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation). It's part of the debian repository, and you get it with apt-get install screen. https://wiki.debian.org/screen An usefull tool if you have 'interactive' jobs in the console which take long time or if you want to switch between different terminal windows.

 

[guletz]

Hi,

Also my suggestion is to use rsync, if you do not waste your time, because during the copy process you could faced problems like power loss, and so on. In a such situation you will not need to start again from the beginning!

Good luck / Bafta !

 

[1liminal1]

I have heard of screen. So Ill think that could be the best way.

rsync, I dont want to keep the files in sync though, just copy them over.

Or am I missing something there?

https://linuxhint.com/rsync_copy_files/

Thanks for tips guys

 

[fabian]

yeah, something like screen or tmux in combination with rsync is a good approach here. you also might want to connect via SSH instead of the novnc console in the web GUI.