Backing Up files in linux

[gimbleguy]

Hello in windows I copy a folder and paste it in multiple drives. I can't seem to do this in Linux.

Here's what I mean https://youtu.be/MwohJ3buEpA

Is there an easy way to do this in Linux please?

Is this called Parallel Copy??

Thank you

[j2mcgreg]

You should be able to do the same thing in MX. Right click / copy on the file and then in the destination drive: right click / paste. Since you can't, please follow these instructions:
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[gimbleguy]

I can only do it for one drive, but if i try to do it on another drive it wouldn't let me. I'd like to do the exact same thing on windows in Linux. Let me install MXlinux and I'll be back

[m_pav]

That is perfectly possible and I've been doing it for many years now, but I'm not daft enough to try copying large volumes of data that way. A single large folder file copy is already very processor and disk IO intensive, and ten times more so if the folder contains multiple small files.

Furthermore, disk reads and writes are limited the the number of available drives and their abilities, namely the maximum read or write speeds they can achieve. On a small home type PC or Laptop there is no benefit whatsoever to select a folder as a source to copy and selecting multiple destinations as end-points for paste operations. Everything will just run much slower, there's no cheating the system here for regular Desktop type usage case scenarios.

The ONLY scenario where such operations can be done with minimal disruption is where multiple disk controllers and data lanes are available, such as on a proper fully equipped servers with multiple drives with oodles of RAM to support such voluminous traffic. Keep in mind the poster in that thread may very well have been running a version of Windows Desktop running on an ESXI type 1 hypervisor small business server capable of supporting 20-30 users with 4-6 storage assemblies and between 128-512GB RAM.

Keep in mind that the drive letters in the video link may also represent network shares and external storage drives where each has its own dedicated controller. This is perfectly possible on a desktop type PC, but as I said earlier, there's no cheating the system.

[gimbleguy]

With a fresh install of mxlinux. It now queues the other copy and paste command. https://imgur.com/vgsvrCS Seems like I can't do this in linux.