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    rsync does not compress for local transfers (or over a LAN, I believe). Also, this would have no benefit, since the real issue is the time taken to read the files, not send them over the wire (as each file read will take two seek operations at minimum).
    – Fake Name
    Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 2:42
  • @FakeName +1 you are right, after some reading I got your point. I have updated my answer. Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 4:49