Found a fantastic guide at crucialp.com on how to copy files in Linux from one server to another using various techniques including SCP, rsync and tar (over SSH).
Check it out: How to Copy Files Across a Network/Internet in UNIX/LINUX (Redhat, Debian, FreeBSD, etc) – scp tar rsync
14 January 2010 at 10:51 AM
very handy indeed, at the moment I was using ftp to copy files and folders… (mind you that was from a linux webserver to a windows server (for backup).