What is the fastest way to transfer files over a network (FTP, HTTP, RSync, etc.) [closed]

Answer 1

Another utility to consider is bbcp : http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~abh/bbcp/.

A good, but dated, tutorial to using it is here: http://pcbunn.cithep.caltech.edu/bbcp/using_bbcp.htm . I have found that bbcp is extremely good at transferring large files (multiple GBs). In my experience, it is faster than rsync on average.