<p>Yes you can copy the files to speed up the database synchronization on a new freshly installed and configured node. Try to copy all the <em>db</em> folder and start the node.</p>

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Success! BP and relay done before I noticed (and I was just using the relay as the source).
Louis Waweru
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<p>I am spinning up another pool. Can I just rsync the database folder, after everything else has been setup?</p>
<p>They're on the same 10GBe switch, so I will try anyway... but just wondering.</p>

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Using rsync to copy database
# Using rsync to copy database

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-15)

I am spinning up another pool. Can I just rsync the database folder, after everything else has been setup?

They're on the same 10GBe switch, so I will try anyway... but just wondering.

**Tags:** cardano-db-sync

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Yes you can copy the files to speed up the database synchronization on a new freshly installed and configured node. Try to copy all the *db* folder and start the node.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Success! BP and relay done before I noticed (and I was just using the relay as the source).  

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