Rsync Command
rsync (remote sync) is used to transfer data between two servers. it is basically a remote synchronization tool which helps to copy or synced data from one machine to another machine. it is a Unix-Linux based tool.
Benefits of Rsync command:
Rsync is a very useful tool for system admins because every sysadmin should use this command at list once in a day. It has many benefits we will see some of them important points.
1. Rsync efficiently sync files to and from systems.
2. It is faster sync tool than any other syncing tools like SCP.
3. It has the feature of incremental data transfer means it will not sync data which is already available on another system.
4. Rsync has provided progress of data transfer which is also plus. you will know how much data is copied and how much is remaining.
5. when sending and receiving data rsync will use compression and decompression method. It comes with benefits of using less bandwidth.
6. Rsync will copy everything as it is which means sync links, owner, permission, groups.
