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| Author: | geekinthesticks [ Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Bandwidth Friendly File Transfer |
I have about 7.5G of files in an iBackup account that I want to transfer to my Linode. I could just rsync them. However, this doesn't seem very friendly to other users on my server:) I don't really care if they take several days to transfer, so is there a way to limit the speed of the transfer? Ian. |
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| Author: | zibeli [ Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bandwidth Friendly File Transfer |
geekinthesticks wrote: ... is there a way to limit the speed of the transfer?
you could try the rsync --bwlimit=KBPS option (man rsync) |
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| Author: | hoopycat [ Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:37 am ] |
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Alternatively, don't sweat it and let it rip.  The pipes are plenty big, and the limiting factor will probably be on iBackup's end (a per-download "safety cap"). Even if you do manage to saturate the 1 gigabit/second links on either end, 7.5GB will take about ~75 seconds to transfer.
Big file transfers are like ripping duct tape off of a wound: just go for it and it'll hurt less. -rt |
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