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What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello selfhosted! Sometimes I have to transfer big files or a large amounts of small files in my homelab. I used rsync but specifying the IP address and the folders and everything is bit fiddly. I thought about writing a bash script but before I do that I wanted to ask you about your favourite way to achieve this. Maybe I am missing out on an awesome tool I wasn't even thinking about.

Edit: I settled for SFTP in my GUI filemanager for now. When I have some spare time I will try to look into the other options too. Thank you for the helpful information.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would you do that? That sounds awful...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

It is, rsync sends data in plain text. There is a optional password that is also sent in plain text.

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The daemon tracks file state, so the transfers start quicker because rsync doesn’t have to scan the filesystem.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, but if you're transferring things that frequently, there are better solutions.

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. Rsync deltas are very efficient, and not everything supports deltas.

It may very well be the correct tool for the job.

Anyway, problem fit wasn’t part of the question.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there are probably a few perfect fits for it. I don't rsync between machines very often, so the only use case I might have is backups, which is already well covered with a number of tools. Otherwise I just want to sync a few directories.