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Re: SFTP might get faster soon

From: Mark Wick <mwick_at_cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:39:48 -0700

Will performance enhancements be reflected automatically in libcurl's
use of libssh2 or will there need to be some work done in libcurl to
take advantage of these changes?

Mark

On Dec 16, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:

> Hi
>
> I just wanted to let to know that SFTP transfers with libcurl may
> get faster with the next version of libssh2:
>
> http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/12/08/making-sftp-transfers-fast/
> http://www.libssh2.org/mail/libssh2-devel-archive-2010-12/0050.shtml
>
> We may have to reconsider how we work with the buffer for SFTP
> uploads to better maximize the bandwidth. A much bigger buffer will
> for example be a huge benefit.
>
> I don't know when libssh2 will ship next release, but if you're
> using SCP/SFTP with libcurl it might be worth trying out a recent
> libssh2 snapshot or current git to see if things are different.
>
> --
>
> / daniel.haxx.se
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