The jf rt transfer-files command pushes the binaries from the source instance to the target instance. This transfer can take days, depending on the size of the total data transferred, the network bandwidth between the source and the target instance, and additional factors.
Since the process is expected to run while the source instance is still being used, monitor the instance to ensure that the transfer does not add too much load to it. Also, you might decide to increase the load for faster transfer while you monitor the transfer. This section describes how to control the file transfer speed.
By default, the jf rt transfer-files command uses 8 working threads to push files from the source instance to the target instance. Reducing this value will cause slower transfer speed and lower load on the source instance, and increasing it will do the opposite. We therefore recommend increasing it gradually. This value can be changed while the jf rt transfer-files command is running. There's no need to stop the process to change the total of working threads. The new value set will be cached by JFrog CLI and also used for subsequent runs from the same machine. To set the value, simply run the following interactive command from a new terminal window on the same machine which runs the jf rt transfer-files command.