The likely culprit is encryption. If this is all on a local network segment and you can forgo the security aspect:
-e "ssh -T -c arcfour -o Compression=no -x" ~Steven On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 3:58 PM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a bash script for synchronizing a flashing drive (target) > with my hard drive (source) I take to customer sites (with a read > only switch so I don't spread viruses). > > I currently "rsync" 11 different directories. Each sync line > looks like this: > > rsync -rv --delete $MyCDsSource/Linux $MyCDsTarget/.; sync; sync > > Problem: it is slow -- takes three hours. To help the > speed issue, I upgraded from USB 2 to USB 3. Backup went > from 3 hr-15 min to 3 hr-5 min. It is almost faster > to wipe the stick and rewrite it. > > Anyone know of a way to speed up rsync? > > Many thanks, > -T > -- <http://stevenmiano.com/> Miano, Steven M. http://stevenmiano.com
