source:http://dan.folkes.me/2011/03/03/rsync-speed-limit-trickle-slow/
other source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10064316/rsync-limit-transfer-speed-not-working
Install rsync and trickle:
sudo apt-get install rsync
sudo apt-get install trickle
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Now you can run rsync:
This will download at a limit of 80 KB/s from host:
rsync -auvPe "trickle -d 80 ssh" user@host:/src/ /dst/
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Explanation of Commands:
-a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-P --progress show progress during transfer
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
trickle -d 80 = -d rate Limit the download bandwidth consumption to rate KB/s.
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- See more at: http://dan.folkes.me/2011/03/03/rsync-speed-limit-trickle-slow/#sthash.Avw6VoyU.dpuf
