
Personally, I have seen customers using Beyondcompare and some have used powershell scripts to compare folder sizes (PS I dont have those scripts as they were written by our customers).

I would recommend maintaining a log of each EMCopy session as that log indicates how much data was copied and if there were any errors. Complexity: Administrators need to familiarize themselves with Robocopy syntax and feel comfortable using the command line for scripting copy jobs. USB2. In summary, these drawbacks include: Microsoft Windows only: Robocopy does not support copying files and folders to Linux, Mac, or other systems. Doing a loop at the top-level if way faster. If you plan migrating data from NetApp filers or Celerra Filers you can use isi_vol_copy or isi_vol_copy_vnx respectively which can be run directly on the Isilon OneFS CLI to eliminate any intermediary copy hosts.ģ) There are several methods to compare data sizes between source and destination. If youre looking for a little extra peace of mind, double down on your data backups. 1 Answer Sorted by: 0 Alrighty, I finally have some time to perform and report the results of my testing here for anyone in the future who might have a similar question. We recommend using EMCopy as it has other features added as well like migrating local user data to a AD users using the sidmapfile function.Ģ) EMCopy is a.


1) In our testing, EMCopy has shown good performance (+20-25% improvement) for copying CIFS data as compared to Robocopy with the same number of threads.
