Sending a large file overseas
Copy one large file from Germany to the US East Coast.
Files stay in memory, so this tests the connection rather than disk writes.
1 file · 1.07 GB total · copying to an empty folder
syq is 8.74× faster than rsync in this run.
syqData path: Unrecorded
159.9 MB/s6.72 s
Fastest measured
syq over SSHData path: SSH · requested
88.3 MB/s12.2 s
55% of fastest
rsync
18.3 MB/s58.7 s
11% of fastest
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Copying a folder on one drive
Make another copy of a folder with files of different sizes.
A rented Hetzner server, using the ext4 filesystem.
16,000 files · 17.18 GB total · copying to an empty folder
syq is 4.00× faster than cp in this run.
syqData path: Local copy
3.99 GB/s4.31 s
Fastest measured
rsync
764.3 MB/s22.5 s
19% of fastest
cp
996.2 MB/s17.2 s
25% of fastest
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Checking a folder that hasn’t changed
Check whether a folder needs updating, from Germany to the US East Coast.
100,000 files · identical copies at both ends · no file contents transferred
syq is 2.09× faster than rsync in this run.
syqNo file data transferred
5.67 s
Fastest measured
rsync
11.9 s
48% of fastest
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