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Estimate the time huge file copy from one directory to others.

Hi,
I have 16 GB RAM solaris box , I have to take backup of 12 GB files from one folder to other folder.Now my manger ask me to estimate the approx time to copy the from one files to others. I have googled alot but could find any appropiate procedure to calculate the time for copying files.

Please suggest me if there any specfic procedure.

thanks

dandmantra

There is no DEFINITE way to calculate the time it will take to copy this information. There are many different factors that come into play...

Your Disk RPM Speed
If you're transferring over the network, your upload speed...
You disk integrity (bad sectors on disk)
Any processes that run on your machine can cause lag...

The best way to tell, is to drag and drop it and wait to see what the estimated time is.

That's the only thing I know to do with it.

woolmilkporc

You could use a tool like Bonnie to get a very rough estimate of the performance of your disks.
But, basically, dandmantra is right. Just try it (perhaps with only a subset ot the actual data)
This is Bonnie -
http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/bonnie/
wmp

omarfarid

it depends on many things

- your disk rpm speed
- the controller / bus throughput / speed
- the nature of files (small / big files)
- the number of files and dirs
- if copying to the same disk or different disk
- the tools used to copy
- if system is running any other applications / processes that are cpu or I/O intensive

I suggest to do a small test:

- take a 10 MB file and see how much time it takes to copy it:

time cp file file1

then do some calculations on the size you mentioned. This will give you an idea

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bhavanisharansingh

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Thanks