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> I read something some time ago that suggested if you transfer a |
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> compressed file over a compressed SFTP connection, for example, |
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> that it |
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> would take longer to transfer the data versus if only the data or the |
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> connection was compressed. The reason, as I recall, had to do with |
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> compressing already compressed data--this apparently created some |
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> overhead on the connection. |
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> Did you look at this situation in your tests? If so, what were the |
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> results? |
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No, I see absolutely no reason to use sftp. Just scp. By default, |
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compression is off on that, unless you've modified your ssh_conf. |
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But I have heard the same thing about doubly-compressing things. |
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