Hi ,

I have few files of size 40GB more which has to be copied from linux server to another linux box. i used scp and rsync for that but both methoed gave some connection lost error . I could not able to copy the whole file

while using SCP it shows " connection lost .."
while rsync , it shows rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (12282 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) [sender=2.6.8]


why it so? is there a way to copy such a big size?
pls suggest me
Thanks

Can you split the file, transfer the smaller files, and then stitch it back together on the other side?

Sounds like you might have network problems - I'd check that first.
Can you describe the network between the two servers?

both are in local network which is 192.168.0.X. Not sure what information you would need

I'd use ftp but that may just be me. Some ftp servers and clients do have some odd issues so be sure you know it isn't the problem before you start.

Can the other system support 40G files?

How long does it take before it fails?

If you try a few times does it always fail after the same amount of time?

Have you tried copying some smaller files?

40GB is a big file.

Most filesystems currently in common use have lower limits much less than that (but it, depends ...)

What filesystems are you copying from, and to?

I suspect you will have reached a filesystem "Maximum file size of ... ".