From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 7 23:23:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B66FC1065670 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE358FC20 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d11so1772142and.13 for ; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hBa0zbz4GlPjsm6jaded/g8WL97CvsO5uLdi3YssWGs=; b=W2DWv9SRxMp/CCY4gP3miMXGcJ3IDt/PGaelvGEwQ/2z6xFGJqLPQdP7ndDukf5UO/ tuGfCLVurUlLZJufIx37c/IIsina2lcJIDdOtaGaxHXCP+Py+KDJA+Py3W9yZuoVUAAC qx3bXfKbrMNIaw+YN80Ve6j17zBF3H6Y3r2n0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=a9WXSuoVJzPiuXtRAmIy4ZbTkPdskqY3hFlPuGy06HYhZFToVg8EGGi2Umq7WG+9E3 i8nDGZCbuqbWbuwYag4BZi+JVmsCE1ZKoxCRmzFvD60QjcdOZbC/qCjh2hbWdRvh6KF0 xmfkgLLT8U0XcDfuGcGEg1GiiisXDpzGxj484= Received: by 10.100.189.8 with SMTP id m8mr1365575anf.87.1239146605721; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?216.16.29.53? (host-53.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d12sm1468727and.4.2009.04.07.16.23.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49DBE069.9080906@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:23:21 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Copying files without scp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:23:27 -0000 Steve Bertrand wrote: > Hi all, > > To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. > > I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead > of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to > thousands of GB). > > The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private datacentre. > > Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism > that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc? > > I recall a thread not too long ago regarding this, but I'd like to have > a simple working example if possible, without getting into detail why > one shouldn't transfer data unencrypted. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > dump should work, it uses rsh. something like cpio could be piped into rsh obviously. You may want to benchmark it as I've had better transfer rates using scp/ssh but have not done it against rsh method. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610