Rsync, too strong too fast too good.

This is a note as a sysadmin. After being a heavy user of scp when it comes to remote file transfering, it has come to the time to kiss it goodbye after the discovery of rsync.

rsync is so much better than scp in most aspect.

• Faster transfer speed - A lot faster especially in large file transferring.
• Interruption handling - Network interruption is not a nightmare to transfer that 1T file anymore.
• Better progress report - It shows the bit/s speed and progress bar in real-time.

All in all, scp is only suitable for a single file transfer. Anything larger and more than that, rsync is always the winner. Take a look at this question on StackOverflow for a better idea.

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