[Cyberduck-trac] [Cyberduck] #1135: Enable Concurrent/Multiple FTP Connections
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Wed Jun 6 17:07:54 CEST 2007
#1135: Enable Concurrent/Multiple FTP Connections
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Reporter: llbbl | Owner: dkocher
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone:
Component: ftp | Version: 2.7.3
Severity: major | Keywords:
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There are numerous FTP clients, mostly for windows that already do this. I
think a default number of FTP connections, that *ANY* server admin would
not object to is, 2 connections. In fact another popular open source
windows ftp program, Filezilla uses 2 connections by default. If you are
connecting to a private server (company webserver or shared public
hosting) it shouldn't matter the number of connections because there are a
limited number of people who have access.
When this feature is implemented it would be advisable to have the ability
to change the number of connections in the Properties menu. Also of course
make it smart enough not to try to download the same file 2x, if you try
to download one large file. It might also be possible to split large files
into chunks and use the multiple connections to download the chunks and
put them back together after they have been downloaded.
If Cyberduck had this ability it would greatly increase the speed of
transfers. You could make one connection list directories and another
start transferring files. It would also greatly increase the speed of
cyberduck in such cases where there are a lot of small files to transfer.
I think we can agree that a faster ducky would make everyone happy. :)
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.cyberduck.ch/ticket/1135>
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