Goran Ivanic wrote:
> Assuem I want to transfer large amounts of stuff from one server to another (through Internet).
>
> Which method should I prefer:
>
> ftp or rsync ?
>
> What are the Pros and Cons?
>
> Which is faster?
>
> Which is more stable?
>
> Goran

It depends.

If you need to send a lot, and none of it exists at the far end, then
ftp will be faster. ftp just needs to transfer the files, with no
overhead checking what versions exists at each end.

My guess is ftp will be faster. It just moves the files, and does not
care whether they exist on the other end or not.

However, if a large number of files to be transfered already exist at
the far end, then rsync will be faster as it needs to transfer less data.