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Old 05-04-2008
Dan Stromberg
 
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Default Re: Pros and Cons of using ftp vs. rsync?

On Sat, 03 May 2008 12:52:33 +0000, 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


Here's a comparison of ssh, rsh, rsync, NFS, ftp and pnetcat for such a
purpose:

http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~dstro...omparison.html

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