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Re:Show HN: Quickly copy a file between computers by andrewcooke on Saturday February 16, 2013 @03:05PM (#5232783)
there's a constant size overhead, and file copying is network, not cpu limited (isn't it?). so why would large files be significantly slower?
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Re:Show HN: Quickly copy a file between computers by diginux on Saturday February 16, 2013 @03:20PM (#5232850)
I am not sure it is fair to say scp is cpu limited per se, but it is slow.

A quick article that may help you out: http://intermediatesql.com/linux/scrap-the-scp-how-to-copy-d...

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Re:Show HN: Quickly copy a file between computers by andrewcooke on Saturday February 16, 2013 @03:44PM (#5232945)
if you read the article, it's because the faster alternatives use multiple streams and/or use compression. it's got nothing to do with encryption. and you can get scp to compress your data first (-C).
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Re:Show HN: Quickly copy a file between computers by diginux on Saturday February 16, 2013 @05:05PM (#5233216)
Compression also slows it down: http://www.spikelab.org/transfer-largedata-scp-tarssh-tarnc-...

This has been my experience in practice, too.

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