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Aragorn · 22-07-2008, 09:14

Are you copying to the server or from the desktop, eg logged on to the server via RDP? Years ago, I seem to remember it being faster to 'copy to' than 'push from'.
Also what happens if you use ftp or scp to copy rather than explorer (even xcopy!)? Explorer is general very inefficient.

22-07-2008, 09:14	#10
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: speeding up networking in win 2008 Are you copying to the server or from the desktop, eg logged on to the server via RDP? Years ago, I seem to remember it being faster to 'copy to' than 'push from'. Also what happens if you use ftp or scp to copy rather than explorer (even xcopy!)? Explorer is general very inefficient.