How do you limit the bandwidth for a file copy?

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Published on 2009-07-27T18:41:12Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 13:00 UTC
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I've got an old windows 2000 box in a remote location with a T1 connection and a vpn to my location. I normally use smb mounts to transfer files but now it's time to decommission the server and copy it's backups to my location. I have about 40 gigabytes (compressed) to copy. I'm prepared for it to take a long time, but I have a few caveats.

  • I need to limit the bandwidth so terminal service connections to the site are not affected
  • I want to be able to resume a partial transfer

There are a few small files and several large files (10-20 gigabytes). I'm familiar with rsync on *nix platforms but have had bad luck with windows and I don't know that it will really keep partially transfered files. What do you use?

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