Done via VDSL + WIFI (11ac) + Anyconnect on a MacBook Pro.
Latency to target: 45ms (stdev 5) Maximum bandwidth: 90Mb/s
Copy a large file within finder to the Desktop and monitor maximum bandwidth usage
Run time rsync -Pva SRC ~/Desktop on a qsiprep working directory for a real world example (1466 files small and large, 432 directories, 2.8GB). SRC is the (virtual) source folder or the direct network location in case of plain rsync.
| Product | Bulk (Mb/s) | rsync | ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | |||
| ssh/rsync @ MPIB | 768 | 00m32s | |
| ssh/rsync @ VPN | 32 | 15m54s | |
| Gnome VFS | 32 | 23m26s | |
| macOS Solutions | |||
| Cloudmounter | 32 | 35m53s | |
| Mountainduck 4.12.4 | 31 | 19m32s | |
| Strongsync | 16.9 | crash | #1 |
| Macfusion.app | 0.7 | 350m00 | #2 |
| Macfusion.app (patched sshfs) | 21 | 23m05s | #3 |
Strongsync failed (twice) to rsync the large folder to Desktop. CPU usage was at 100% and the process stalled at some point. Unfortunately there was no error, no status update and no log file.
Stopped after 3 hours and estimated.
sshfs 2.10 and blksize=0 patch floating around Github. Mounted with -o iosize=1048576