Moving sites between servers...WHM or TAR?

I will be moving from one WHM/cPanel server to another. I have one large site, with many big files and a large number of images (like 30,000+) from forum attachments. It also has two very important MySQL databases, one of which is nearly a GB in size. My question, is WHM's "Transfer" feature, which copies a site from another server, reliable enough to use for a site of this size? Or would I be better off TAR'ing up the the site and backing up my databases to .sql files and transferring them by hand?

Also, if you guys do recommend WHM's Transfer option, exactly what does it transfer? I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.

 

 

 

 

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