>
>> I'd imagine your local disk is unencrypted while you are reading/writing
>> to it....
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:09 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>             On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 3:58 PM, ToddAndMargo
>>             <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>             <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>>             <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>__> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 07/11/2014 01:01 PM, Steven Miano wrote:> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi Steven,
>>
>>     The USB 3 flash drives and plugged directly into my
>>     USB 3 Front panel hub.
>>
>>     My local hard drive is LUKS encrypted.  Is that an issue?
>>     Doesn't seem to slow anything else down.
>>
>>     Many thanks,
>>     -T
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> <http://stevenmiano.com/> Miano, Steven M.
>> http://stevenmiano.com



On 07/11/2014 01:11 PM, Steven Miano wrote:
 > rsync be default is using an encryption method most likely more taxing
 > than arcfour.
 >

Just dug through "man rsync".  Not finding a way to turn it off.


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