From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 7 23:31:53 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 2675C1065727 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD078FC1D for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay13.apple.com (relay13.apple.com [17.128.113.29]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CEE5DFFD85; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay13.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay13.apple.com (Symantec Brightmail Gateway) with ESMTP id DAACA280AF; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:31:52 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 1180711d-aa6f8bb000000259-d7-49dbe2680001 Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.227.140.124]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay13.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id C2A28280B4; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <814E16A3-0A92-4204-AC6A-2C20C2C8A7F2@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Steve Bertrand In-Reply-To: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:31:52 -0700 References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" 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 23:31:53 -0000 On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > 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? Install /usr/ports/security/openssh-portable, and set the "Enable HPN- SSH patch" option. You should then be able to use "scp -c none" option, which is documented more fully here: http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/none.php You could also use rsync + rsyncd.... Regards, -- -Chuck