regulating bandwidth for cp

phreeza · 10-04-2006, 06:16 PM

I want to copy a file over the network, but i dont want the process to take up all of the available bandwidth, is there a way to do that?

basileus · 10-05-2006, 09:29 AM

There is, but it's not necessarily easy. Some programs have built-in bandwidth limiters, but most don't. If you don't mind do the limiting the hard way, try reading Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control howto. You'll find some answers from there.

JZL240I-U · 10-06-2006, 07:59 AM

Can't you just reduce the throughput of eth0 (like the baud rate for y modem)?

Sertys · 10-07-2006, 06:11 AM

No, you can't limit the network interface throughput unless it's an IMQ.
Still - use scp, it has an -l option, which is just the thingy you need.

man scp

Mithrilhall · 10-24-2006, 03:52 PM

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