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Whether data is stored locally or in the cloud, everyone knows it exists and every IT administrator must take ownership of it. From time to time, a system administrator may find himself or herself in need to migrate that data from one place to another. Whether because they are standing new servers and refreshing hardware or because they are moving data centers (colocation or going to or from cloud), or just really wants to just keep another copy of the data at a different location for disaster recovery purposes. Data migration cutover is not an easy task that can be pulled off overnight especially as the data set gets more complex as in numerous file shares, millions of files and folders, complex permissions, downtime allowed, user communications and the list can go one. So while the task in its name sounds straight forward and simple, what goes behind the scenes cab be a sophisticated beast that needs to be ironed out. Make no mistake, things can get much more complex when deciding w...

Copying files nowadays can seem as an easy task that anyone can do. The truth of the matter is it really depends. If you are copying a few files to a thumb drive then almost anyone can do it. However, if we are talking about millions of files or if we need to copy NTFS permissions, preserve attributes, or God forbid the files are considered a long path name. Of course, let alone the known locked and open file error which many receive because a file is locked or open by a process or an application which then can disrupt the whole copying task and the user has to start it all over again. Copy Files Network Such tasks then are no longer viewed as simple or quick. Preplanning of the copying job has to take place (would pay off in the long run). The planning requires a few parts than just finding out how many files need to be copied. 1) The number of files and folders. Not just the total size. This is critical as if you take for instance, a single 1GB file can take say a 10 seconds t...