My experience with using cp to copy a lot of files (432 millions, 39 TB) Hi! I recently had to copy a lot of files and even though I've 20 years experience with various Unix variants I was still surprised by the behaviour of cp and I think my observations should be shared with the community. The setup: An old Dell server (2 cores, 2 GB initially, 10 GB later, running Ubuntu Trusty) with a new Dell