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| Grammar fixes (83.172.207.220) | 3.7.2 SFTP optimalisation (martin) | ||
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| ^ Feature ^ SCP ^ SFTP ^ | ^ Feature ^ SCP ^ SFTP ^ | ||
| - | ^ Speed | Transfers are faster in general. Protocol do not use packet confirmation, yet it causes some serious problems. | Transfers are slower in general due to necessity to wait for packet confirmations. Since 3.4 several read/write requests are issued in parallel, which reduces the disadvantage significantly. | | + | ^ Speed | Transfers are faster in general. Protocol do not use packet confirmation, yet it causes some serious problems. | Transfers are slower in general due to necessity to wait for packet confirmations. Since 3.4 several read/write requests are issued in parallel, which reduces the disadvantage significantly. Another optimalisation was introduced in 3.7.2. | |
| ^ Transfer resume | Unsupported. | Supported. By default WinSCP only resumes transfers for files larger than 100 kB, since the overhead is excessive for smaller files. It is possible to change the threshold in Preferences. | | ^ Transfer resume | Unsupported. | Supported. By default WinSCP only resumes transfers for files larger than 100 kB, since the overhead is excessive for smaller files. It is possible to change the threshold in Preferences. | | ||
| ^ Append to end of file | Unsupported. | Supported. | | ^ Append to end of file | Unsupported. | Supported. | | ||