Why is Filezilla client faster than others ?

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lechatnoir · #1 Post by **lechatnoir** » 2005-12-01 15:23

Hi Tim,

I've used a lot of ftp client and yours is my prefered (until I release my own client on Mac plateforme

).

I've noticed that yours is very quick in its transfers.

Why ?
Could you briefly explain the method or strategy you retain in your code to accelerate the transfert process ?

Thanks for your answer, it could help me to build an FTP client as fast as yours.

See you !

#2 Post by **eddan** » 2005-12-01 15:34

Remember that FileZilla 3 (next version, a complete rewrite - read the development diary for progress updates) will (probably) also run on MacOS

lechatnoir · #3 Post by **lechatnoir** » 2005-12-01 20:32

Yes I know FZ3 will run on Mac.
Actually, it already runs ! I've already compiled it.

But I want to make my own app just for learn Cocoa API. And so I'de like to build my FTP client on a good transfert algoritme.

I could reuse FileZilla code but it's hard to partially port it on an app written in Cocoa...

So I hope Tim will take few minutes to light my soul

Ernetas · #4 Post by **Ernetas** » 2005-12-28 15:02

Oh... I can belive you, because I am using Total Commander 6.53 and it's much faster than FileZilla

#5 Post by **botg** » 2005-12-28 18:15

I'm not doing anything special, no clue where the percieved speed is coming from.

Biker · #6 Post by **Biker** » 2006-03-29 03:07

Due to less GUI the ftp client has more room to operate for instence, smart ftp, is slow right? thats because it has alot more GUI than this programe.

sammie99 · #7 Post by **sammie99** » 2006-06-28 03:26

smartftp only has one connection at a time, FZ has as many as you can use at once, so in effect sending 10 files at once, to smartftp's one

= 10 times faster huh?

#8 Post by **botg** » 2006-06-28 08:38

It's not that simple, but it could be one of the many reasaons.

thorin · #9 Post by **thorin** » 2006-08-09 18:28

Could this be related to the transfer compression in FZ?

ZZZ182 · #10 Post by **ZZZ182** » 2006-10-21 06:18

huh .. i tried filezilla, but it's not faster....

only in very crowded ftp's, but still it's only a bit faster

danopia · #11 Post by **danopia** » 2006-12-03 20:28

Compared to IE, FileZilla is lightning. My dad forgot a CD full of pictures, I used FileZillaServer and he used IE, we transfered about 10 pics in a half hours. Then, he downloaded FileZilla Client and the pics were flying down the internet and even logged me out of AIM once by stealing all the bandwidth.

The rest of the CD went in another half hour (>500 MB).