[ale] sshd resource intensive??

[Geoffrey]

Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2004, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have never put any thought to how resource intensive scp might be. 
>>Until now.  I was setting up a couple of boxes and testing file transfer 
>>rates.  I've noted that for a couple of older boxes (p200 and PII 350) 
>>it's much slower.  I then fired up top while the transfer was going 
>>along and noted sshd taking up quite a bit of cpu.
>>
>>Is this other's experiences as well, or am I missing something?
> 
> 
> -c blowfish
> 
> (default 3des is much slower than blowfish)

15% gain, nice, but still quite a difference in the cpus.  I guess I 
just need faster cpus.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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