On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:52:13PM +0530, S, Senthilprabu (NSN - IN/Bangalore) wrote: > With OpenSSH-5.1p1:- > ------------------------ > Protocol Time taken rate MB/s > Std. scp 53.7 19.3 > scp -c arcfour 40.1 26.3 > scp -c blowfish 55.5 18.6 > scp -C 123.6 16.3 > > > With OpenSSH-4.5p1:- > ------------------------- > Protocol Time taken rate MB/s > Std. scp 59.9 17.9 > scp -c arcfour 45 22.3 > scp -c blowfish 59.6 17.1 > scp -C 131 14.1 Let's reformat your data just a bit: Protocol 4.5p1 MB/s 5.1p1 MB/s increase ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Std. scp 17.9 19.3 8% arcfour 22.3 26.3 18% blowfish 17.1 18.6 9% scp -C 14.1 16.3 16% > I do not see any higher throughput (20%) with the 5.1p1 (with UMAC-64) > than 4.5p1. The above results clearly says it is not increasing the > performance by 20%. Did I something here?. I'd say the 16% and 18% figures give reasonable credibility to the "approximately 20% faster" claim.