Comment on Show HN: Quickly copy a file between computersparentComments−diginuxOP13yI 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...−andrewcooke13yif 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).−diginuxOP13yCompression 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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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...
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).
Compression also slows it down: http://www.spikelab.org/transfer-largedata-scp-tarssh-tarnc-...
This has been my experience in practice, too.