[SpringerPal]

Hi Steve!

Thanks for getting back to me. You wrote:

Originally Posted by cmyksteve

The cPanel restore headed for my mirror site timed out. I just assumed since cPanel could get it down that it was time restraint, since my uploads are so much slower than the downloads on DSL.

"Hey! Where are those darn engineers when you need them? Surely *THEY* tested it, right?" ;-)

You're right! I hadn't considered that. But there may also be many other factors at work here, too. For example, some system wide or account restriction on the size of uploads to prevent abuse?? It bears more testing.

Did you try to re-run the test from another machine and/or location? I'm aware of other people who have moved fairly large installations with few problems.

If I can get some free time (sigh!), I'll try to cruise over to the cPanel folks and see if there is anything there that might shed some light on this.

Also, there is command line FTP, WS_FTP, and cPanel's filemanager. I've even used the ftp function in some browsers to move stuff around. I can't really say, though, that I remember attempting to move any thing big that way.

It would be an interesting experiment to test the various methods one against the other. Perhaps one way may work better with larger files, eh?

Of course, actually *testing* one's disaster recovery (or preparedness) plan is always a good idea. "The fire truck is not much use if the engine won't start or the pump doesn't work or the hoses are rotten or the tires are flat or the......"

Originally Posted by cmyksteve

Some of the files in that archive don't belong in the site's public_html directory, so I unStuffed it on my desktop and made my own archive.tar.gz of the appropriate files for my mirror site.

Steve, I really like this idea! Disassemble the tarball, shuffle the component parts, and re-assemble. Or, perhaps prepare smaller chunks of an installation and then reinstall in smaller blocks, testing as you go along, or adding on as things smooth out. Great idea!

There may be definite advantages to reloading in smaller pieces, especially if any amount of troubleshooting is required. A form of the old "KISS" principle.

Also, sometimes the backups themselves don't work for some known or unknown reason. I remember spending hours and hours restoring from backup tape only to find out the tape was defective!! Multiple copies of smaller chunks would definitely get around the "all or nothing" problem of some types of restores.

Thanks!!

Regards,
Your humble guard dog ;-)