I'm using the following command to transfer huge tar files about 15 GB
The session stopped after 10 hours or something

scp -c 3des filepathname root@destip:/destdir &

Please help ASAP

While I can't tell you exactly why it stopped without more information,.. when it comes down to massive files like this, i always break them up into 1Gb chunks, so its more easily recoverable.

How?

Well, by splitting the large file into chunks.

If you are unable to get to google at the moment to find a guide, or dont have 'man' installed, here is an example:

And then cat them back together:

IYI: this is a proper usecase of cat btw, no uuoc award needed

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10 hours for 15GB? That's half a MB/s, are you trying to send this over the internet (rather than a local network)? If so, there's your problem. Internet connections can be spotty, hesitations and interruptions happen all the time, and will stop an SCP transfer dead in its tracks. You'll need to split up the file to something more manageable in order to reliably transfer it over. You can also try adding compression to speed up the transfer with the -C flag, assuming the data is somewhat compressible.

If, however, this is a transfer over your local network, then it's time to do some serious digging into your speed problems.

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True, thats about 4mbit right there.

Thanks for the replies!
I'm trying to copy the 15 GB through the Internet (2 tar files every one is about 7 GB)

We volunteer our time here...asking for ASAP help is fairly rude, as has been explained to you before.
Right...we understand what you're trying to do. Did you understand what you were told about splitting the files up? Uploading over the internet is ALWAYS going to be slower than downloading. What is your upload connection speed to the internet?

I really appreciate what you are doing guys!
How can I know the upload speed as I'm ssh to the server.
the status now is:
File 1 (7 GB) -- > Transferred 1.3 GB
File 2 (8 GB) -- > Transferred 1.1 GB

I hope this will be finished in the coming 48 hours without issues

Well first off, send one file at a time. It'll run twice as fast and have half the risk of stalling during the transfer.. Second, did you not read what was suggested above about splitting the file into multiple parts?

Yeah but it will take another time to compress. How I know the upload speed please?

Well, we've given you advice on splitting the file, but you seem unwilling to take it. Yes, it will take more time to compress it, so either you need to transfer more slowly and have it WORK, or transfer quicker, and maybe have it fail. Your choice.
You ask your ISP, or run one of the MANY easily-found Internet speed tests, like this:
http://www.speedtest.net/

Thanks I meant using CLI.

There are several ways...have you bothered to try to look them up??? Putting "linux command line speed test" into Google will (AMAZINGLY) give you answers, like:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-u...-upload-speed/

This goes along with your other thread that you opened, where you said you were in a hurry, and didn't want to look it up yourself. Please, show some effort on your own.