Re: Why scp use time for transfer file less than sftp?

From: Jacob Nevins (jacobn_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Date: 03/07/04

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    paokrab <paokrab@scb.co.th> writes:
    >what is different?

    The SFTP protocol requires more effort by client implementors to get
    good throughput than SCP; a naive implementation will often perform
    rather poorly.

    (The situation is complicated because 'scp' commands will sometimes use
    SFTP as a backend protocol, so a difference will not always be seen.)

    I have the impression that most current versions of SFTP clients do not
    have the problem. (I know that at least a new release of PSFTP, 0.54,
    was made recently with performance improvements.)

    (Are there any "current" versions of SFTP clients which still suffer
    from this performance issue? If not, it's probably worth a FAQ entry
    somewhere with advice like "upgrade your SFTP client".)

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