[mirror-admin] Rsync/SSH/Tar file transfers

[Chuck Anderson]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 02:45:06PM -0800, Scott Baker wrote:
> In short, rsync using the daemon was the fastest method to transfer
> files. Almost 20% faster in fact.

See also:

http://blog.famzah.net/2010/06/11/openssh-ciphers-performance-benchmark/

and:

http://serverfault.com/questions/51567/how-to-set-up-disk-cloning-with-dd-netcat-and-ssh-tunnel

and:

http://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2011/10/28/rsync-for-lvm-managed-block-devices.html

The latter two being primarily about whole block device syncs, but
useful info nonetheless.

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