Transfer 10 TB of files from USA to UK datacenter

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I am migrating my server from the USA to the UK from one data center to another. My host said I should be able to achieve 11 megabytes per second.

The operating system is Windows Server 2008 at both ends.

My average file size is around 100 MB and the data is split across five 2 TB drives.

What would be the recommended way to transfer these files?

  • FTP
  • SMB
  • Rsync / Robocopy
  • Other?

I'm not too bothered about security as these are public files anyway, but I just want a solution that can push the full 11 MB/s transfer rate to minimize the total transfer time.

Best Answer

Ship hard drives across the ocean instead.

At 11 Mbps with full utilization, you're looking at just shy of 90 days to transfer 10 TB.

11 Mbps = 1.375 MBps = 116.015 GB/day.

10240 GB / 116.015 GB/day = ~88.3 days.

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