One-step tarring/scp (was Re: [ale] hardware to back up a Dell laptop)

[Geoffrey]

Mike Harrison wrote:
>> But an rsync on the initial transfer is actually SLOWER than a plain
>> tarball transfer. Each 1k block is checked and found to be missing and
>> then transferred, repeat ad nauseum.
> 
> 
> I've not tried the tar method..(but will)
> but rsyncs are incredibly fast the nth time,

It really all depends on what you're looking for.  With tar, you can 
retain a history through multiple tar balls.  With rsync, you'll 
certainly gain speed over sending the same data over multiple times.

The best solution is likely to rsync and then create the tar file on the 
new side.  Transferring large files over ssh can take some time.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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