Because it turns out cp _barely_ managed to do the job, and he was almost wrong despite googling. (It did the job, I don't know about 'nicely')
Just assuming that, oh, cp copies files, of course it can copy a few terrabytes no problem... is something that you might do, but not something someone with 20 years experience with unix would do.
Just assuming that, oh, cp copies files, of course it can copy a few terrabytes no problem... is something that you might do, but not something someone with 20 years experience with unix would do.