Transferring Files to New Ubuntu System

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Preston Kutzner <shizzlecash at gmail.com> wrote:
> rsync would be the quicker option, as you can compress the data during
> the copy.  Also, in my experience, scp has a limit on transfer speed,
> probably due to the encryption overhead, whereas rsync would not.  I'm
> a fan of rsync for local network copies where security isn't an issue
> (especially when you're just using a x-over cable) and scp for copies
> over the tubes.

Actually, the default use of rsync does use ssh encryption, just like
scp.  Unless you are running and rsync daemon, they are both
encrypted.  rsync's resume feature does make it the better choice of
course.

Brian