Re: [ILUG] Red Hat 8.0 - Irish mirrors

From: Rick Moen (rick at domain linuxmafia.com)
Date: Mon 30 Sep 2002 - 17:21:02 IST

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Quoting Philip Trickett (phil at domain techworks.ie):

> Just a quick question, does the rsync protocol have alot more overhead
> than ftp?

It's calculation-intensive, on account of the diff'ing algorithm.

> Which protocol would place the least strain on the servers (ftp I
> presume?)

http.

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