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| ^ 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. In versions 3.7.2 and 3.4 several optimalisations were introduced that almost reduced the disadvantage over SCP. | | ^ 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. In versions 3.7.2 and 3.4 several optimalisations were introduced that almost reduced the disadvantage over SCP. | | ||
| ^ [[resume|Transfer resume]] | Unsupported. | Supported. WinSCP supports resuming only since protocol version 2 (which introduces rename command). By default it resumes transfers for files larger than 100 kB only, since the overhead is excessive for smaller files. It is possible to change the threshold in Preferences. | | ^ [[resume|Transfer resume]] | Unsupported. | Supported. WinSCP supports resuming only since protocol version 2 (which introduces rename command). By default it resumes transfers for files larger than 100 kB only, since the overhead is excessive for smaller files. It is possible to change the threshold in Preferences. | | ||
| + | ^ Large files | Does not support files over 4 GB (32-bit boundary). | Supports files over 4 GB (uses 64-bit sizes). | | ||
| ^ Append to end of file | Unsupported. | Supported. | | ^ Append to end of file | Unsupported. | Supported. | | ||
| ^ Transfer cancellation | Transfer cannot be canceled without termination of session. | It is possible to cancel transfer and continue with work. | | ^ Transfer cancellation | Transfer cannot be canceled without termination of session. | It is possible to cancel transfer and continue with work. | | ||