[kwlug-disc] Transferring large backup files over the network

[Paul Nijjar]

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:26:18PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:13 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> The other key point that was mentioned, but I re-iterate since it is
> important, is to copy files as
> a whole, and not bother to checksum them.

Even for large (20GB) files with only small changes? I thought this is
exactly why you would want the checksum/diff algorithm. even if you
have a relatively fast network.

- Paul