On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
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    I'm wondering whether -avx is what others would use or whether
there's a better set of options.

   When the RAID comes back up I want to reverse and copy back from
USB drive to the /VirtualMachines directory.

Add --progress to track progress while copying. Also, be careful what filesystem the USB drive will have (better to use what you're already using), in order to preserve permissions correctly etc.

Panagiotis