A system and method are disclosed for providing data transfer between a source machine and a target machine. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method and system for transferring data comprises performing a first operation wherein the first operation copies a first file from a first memory to a second memory, and a second file from the first memory to the second memory, wherein the first file is copied substantially concurrently with the copying of the second file, and wherein the first operation results in a first copied file and a second copied file in the second memory; and performing a second operation wherein the second operation updates the first copied file and the second copied file in a predetermined order.