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0 pointshalayli13y ago0 comments

Yeah few milliseconds are going to make a difference here.

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diginux13y ago· 2 in thread

For big files it would make a very noticeable difference actually, try scp with different encryption algorithms even and you will see how much it matters.

With that said, by 'quickly', I was focusing more on easiness and simplicity.

andrewcooke13y ago

there's a constant size overhead, and file copying is network, not cpu limited (isn't it?). so why would large files be significantly slower?

diginux13y ago

I am not sure it is fair to say scp is cpu limited per se, but it is slow.

A quick article that may help you out: http://intermediatesql.com/linux/scrap-the-scp-how-to-copy-d...

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