graeme_p - 3:13 am on Jul 2, 2009 (gmt 0)

Both rysnc and scp got mentioned above and I was wondering how they compare. I use rsync a lot (even for local backups), but have not used scp.

According to various bits of info I found (including a discussion I found on the rsync mailing list) scp if often faster transfering compressed files (e.g. most media files) over fast connections (i.e. LANs). Rsync should be much faster transfering uncompressed files over the internet, or, AFAIK, when you have lots of small files only some of which have changed.