Slightly OT - SFTP versus FTP speeds

[Steve Flynn]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:

> Your results sound plausible.  IIRC the highest transfer speed I ever

Damn! :(

> I recently stumbled upon this page, which explains why SSH/SFTP performs
> not very well and how to fix it (eventually):
>
> http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/

Yup - we're already in the process of trying to persuade the clients
at both endsof the pipe to begin tuning their TCP settings,
specifically with regards to BDP. Uphill struggle sadly.

Thanks for the feedback - appreciated.


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Steve
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