From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 05:41:22 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 7A4C5106566C for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 05:41:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (progress.isafeelin.org [84.244.146.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A9118FC0C for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 05:41:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D35A5130D83; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:41:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl (s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl [85.145.154.3]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2939130D82; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:41:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.15] (unknown [192.168.1.15]) by s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40594687C; Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:41:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <49DC38FE.20207@isafeelin.org> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:41:18 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Bertrand 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 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP 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: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:41:22 -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? > On the listening end: cd / ; nc -l 12345 | tar xpvf - On the sending end: cd / ; tar cf - /path/file | nc 12345 Replace 'x' by 't' on the listening end to verify that it's going to do what you would want/expect. -- Frederique