{"id":2882,"date":"2023-02-02T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2023-02-02T17:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:19:38","slug":"how-to-set-rsync-speed-limit-from-eating-all-bandwidth-with-%e2%80%90%e2%80%90bwlimit-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-set-rsync-speed-limit-from-eating-all-bandwidth-with-%e2%80%90%e2%80%90bwlimit-option\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set rsync speed limit from eating all bandwidth with \u2010\u2010bwlimit option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <code>--bwlimit<\/code> option in <code>rsync<\/code> allows you to limit the bandwidth used by the transfer. 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