Have you tried ssh -c blowfish? 3des is the default cipher for most ssh implementations and blowfish is much faster than 3des.
Cheers, Stephen -- Stephen Joyce Systems Administrator PANIC - Physics and Astronomy Network Infrastructure and Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voice: 919.962.7214 fax: 919.962.0480 In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. --Rear Admiral Grace Hopper What would you rather have to plow a field: two strong oxen or 1,024 chickens? --Seymour Cray On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Jim Leonard wrote at about 23:57:53 -0500 on Wednesday, September 2, 2009: > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > I am setting up a new backuppc server. Are there any advantages to using > > > an external drive (USB or eSATA) over an internal drive to store the > > > backups? The server is an older Pentium 3 500 MHz box running Debian > > > Linux. I plan on using ssh/rsync to do the backups for other Linux > > > boxes, a Windows box, and a Mac. > > > > Because rsync backups in BackupPC is implemented in Perl, the speed of > > your server is going to greatly limit your top speed no matter what > > storage solution you choose. > > > > On slower machines, I find that ssh is more rate limiting than rsync. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/