Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:41:18 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Copying files without scp Message-ID: <49DC38FE.20207@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca> References: <49DBDE27.4010300@ibctech.ca>
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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 <target ip> 12345 Replace 'x' by 't' on the listening end to verify that it's going to do what you would want/expect. -- Frederique
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