[CentOS] recommendations for copying large filesystems

Mon Jun 23 03:24:14 UTC 2008
Erek Dyskant <erek at blumenthals.com>

> If you do end up using rsync for something like this via ssh, you
> might want to look at some of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's
> patches.  The high-performance patches can allow you to see dramatic
> increases in throughput.

Or, if it's over a secure network, drop ssh entirely and use the rsync
protocol.

--Erek