rsync accepts pipes which means you can run end to end compression and decompression automatically during the transfer. Processes can also be parallelized. Most

rsync accepts pipes which means you can run end to end compression and decompression automatically during the transfer. Processes can also be parallelized. Most of the time when I see someone claiming rsync does not suit their purpose it ends up being that they aren’t confident in using it safely. Most of the time I never use anything else except the -av flag