[ale] copying data between 2 ubuntu vm's

[Wolf Halton]

scp is pretty good, as long as all are on public IPs




On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:26 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> On 09/23/2011 07:31 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> > Friends:
> >
> > I have a VM1 which is 23GB with 2GB of swap.
> >
> > I have another VM2 which is 21GB with 2GB of swap.
> >
> > What is the best and efficient way of copying the data from VM2 to VM1 ?
> >
> > Time is not a factor but reliably copy is.
>
>
> Probably rsync, but scp, rcp, ftp, sftp or any other "copy" tool of your
> choice will work.  I'd avoid CIFS.
>
> Treat each VM just like a regular machine. If you've setup a VM-only
> switch, using that instead of the public IP would probably be faster,
> but if the VM virtual-disks are physically on the same HDD, that will be
> the limiting factor.
>
> You could setup NFS between the systems or use iSCSI between them too,
> if you like. Probably overkill when rsync is so much easier.
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