wblock said:scp(1) is another way, letting the remote machine handle the filesystem.
Using scp -c arcfour when you're in a secure network cuts the overhead to a minimum. And as you can set the default cipher for a hostname in ~/.ssh/config you don't even need to define it on the command line every time, or use a shell alias.crankyadm1n said:Agreed, will take slightly longer than NFS due to the over head of encryption.