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Moving files in a local network - would compressing improve speed?
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I am moving some 20Gb within my local network (100 Mbit/sec). The files are from a typical Linux desktop system. Would compressing them using Tar\Gzip and then sending them improve performance? EDIT: I'm moving a Developer's workspace, meaning lots of source and PDFs, and not much multimedia.
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It largely depends on the type of files you are moving. If your files are like PDF, JPEG movies, Installation files, etc, they are likely to be already compressed and will not give you a great advantage. If its source files compressing will be quite…
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