On 01/27/2013 05:32 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: >> On 01/27/2013 01:41 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> lux-integ wrote: >>>> Greetings >>>> >>>> I need to transfer a few tBytes of data between two machines. Both have >>>> vsftpd installed. I assumed that both had an ftp client as ftp was >>>> part of one of the core programs of LFS/CLFS. Having set-up vsftpd >>>> (server) >>>> on the source-machine, on the destination-machine >>>> at shell prompt I typed :- >>>> >>>> ftp [email protected] >>>> >>>> only to find I have no 'ftp (i.e. client) executible'. >>>> >>>> I have sftp but since it is only data between two neighbouring machines I >>>> thought a simple even if insucure >>>> method would suffice. Advice and suggestions on available ftp clients >>>> would >>>> be much appreciated. >>> I suggest setting up rsyncd on the source machine and use rsync on the >>> destination system. A second backup then becomes much simpler. >> Since ssh is installed, one can use rsync without the need for rsyncd, just >> rsync -var <from path> <remote>:to_path >> rsync will then use ssh for the connection > Since the size was multi-TB and local, I felt a non-encrypted connection > would use less resources. In many cases, your suggestion is good. > > -- Bruce > > > Even if you use non encrypted connection you are still going to need to take a nap before it will finish. Or you could do some today and restart the next etc. until finished.
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