How to transfer files from a VPS to another VPS

Moebuntu · Jul 22, 2016

I am checking 2 VPS from 2 different VPS companies. Normally I use FTP client to upload from a VPS to another VPS but I can use SSH instead of transferring files?
for example, I want to copy or move file1.zip from VPS1 to VPS2 via SSH. It's possible to do that?

LJSHost · Jul 22, 2016

Yes, SSH has a function called SCP that will transfer files over SSH.
You can use the linux command line version or a windows GUI. https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

If you can't make the connection SCP might have to be enabled within SSH, but I think it's on by default.

steitieh · Jul 22, 2016

From my experience, Winscp is very slow in transferring files between my computer and my hosting, not sure it will be faster between 2 different VPS.

I would recommend using zip command to compress your files/folders and using wget to transfer files between 2 VPS's.

Luxin Host · Jul 22, 2016

If this is not something that you will do often then go for SCP but if you will be using this for a backup system it is much more efficient to go for rsync, that way it will only transfer the changes and not consume too much resources.

kurokood · Aug 1, 2016

If this isn't something you is going to do frequently go for SCP but if you are by using this for any backup system it is a lot more efficient to choose rsync, this way it'll only transfer the alterations and never consume an excessive amount of sources.

Hostpad · May 7, 2017

Yes you can do that. Doing that will consume less time & the transfer is faster.

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