SFTP very slow (still)
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:39 pm
Hi,
I decided to try Cyberduck another time, after abandoning it due to poor speeds over SSL connections. I love the interface and features of Cyberduck, so I was really hoping it could become my remote file transfer program.
I just downloaded 3.3 (5552) and tried to grab a 700 MB file via SFTP from my server. It went at about 130 KB/sec over my cable broadband internet connection. I knew that was way too slow. So stopped the transfer in Cyberduck and immediately cranked up lftp on the command line to resume it. It's running at about 400-500 KB/sec. It's the same server, same file, same broadband connection, just seconds later.
I saw various threads on speed, but no resolution. Is this a known issue? Is it something special about my server, e.g. that it uses a non-standard port, that is getting Cyberduck upset? I don't understand why it's so slow.
Some people mentioned switching from SFTP to SCP using the preferences, but I couldn't find the option. Did I miss it?
Since this is open source, has anybody considered swapping in the lftp code for SFTP transfers?
I'm running Cyberduck 3.3 (3352) on Snow Leopard (fully updated) on a pretty new MacBook Pro with 4 GB of memory.
Thanks!
Steve
I decided to try Cyberduck another time, after abandoning it due to poor speeds over SSL connections. I love the interface and features of Cyberduck, so I was really hoping it could become my remote file transfer program.
I just downloaded 3.3 (5552) and tried to grab a 700 MB file via SFTP from my server. It went at about 130 KB/sec over my cable broadband internet connection. I knew that was way too slow. So stopped the transfer in Cyberduck and immediately cranked up lftp on the command line to resume it. It's running at about 400-500 KB/sec. It's the same server, same file, same broadband connection, just seconds later.
I saw various threads on speed, but no resolution. Is this a known issue? Is it something special about my server, e.g. that it uses a non-standard port, that is getting Cyberduck upset? I don't understand why it's so slow.
Some people mentioned switching from SFTP to SCP using the preferences, but I couldn't find the option. Did I miss it?
Since this is open source, has anybody considered swapping in the lftp code for SFTP transfers?
I'm running Cyberduck 3.3 (3352) on Snow Leopard (fully updated) on a pretty new MacBook Pro with 4 GB of memory.
Thanks!
Steve