On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:54 PM <the...@sys-concept.com> wrote: > > I use "scp" to copy large file over local network, windows-7_pro.ova (about 28GB) but I it failed to import the appliance with VirtualBox. > Checking the md5sum of the source and destination it turn out they are different. > > Is "scp" reliable for large files?
In my experience scp is reliable but for large files I'd probably opt for some version of rsync, possibly the -P option. That way if the transfer stops for some reason you can generally pick up where it left off. HTH, Mark
