You might try mounting the remote destination directory via NFS, then rdiff-backup from /source /mnt/dest and there will be no encryption overhead.
----- Original Message ----- > Hello to everybody ! > > I am using rdiff-backup to backup a Synology server to a Linux server. > The backup is running well, however the transfer rate is very less. > Because of the less CPU power of the Synology server, I have a > transfer rate of 15 mbit/s only. > > I assume the reason for that is the 3des encryption of the SSH pipe. > > How can I switch of the SSH encryption or at least switch to a faster > blowfish encryption in order to speed up the data transfer? > > The -c cipher_spec switch which is outlined in the SSH man page is not > working as rdiff-backup command. > > Thank you very much for your valuable replay > > Regards > Marty_MC from Bavaria / Germany. > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by mail...@heiszen.de via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki