Looking for a fast and reliable way to copy files to SFTP

I always used SFTP for copying up CMS systems, modify system/user files, or files related to sites and similar. Small things. Even if the file was larger, I could just wait it out.

But now I have to transfer large amount of files.
Using WinSCP, I have two problems:

Due to latency, it's really slow to start a transfer. Like that takes 2-3 seconds, and that is a huge minus. More threads (even 2 or above) would help, but I don't think WinSCP supports this.
Resume/Retry support/questions: I had it in my settings that it should re-try. And it didn't. The dialog popped up about what I want with a partially complete file. This behaviour is legit, but when we talk about thousands of files, I have no time to sit around the computer all day to see which transfer fails. It shold just retry.

Is there such an SFTP client?

Apache

Posted 2013-12-14T11:04:15.990

Reputation: 14 755

do you need the encryption and secure connection offered by SFTP? if not, just use FTP :) – Gotschi – 2013-12-14T11:47:08.533

@Gotschi: SFTP is not just security, it also handles special characters better. (Did, for me.) I know this would require like two SSH clients working or more, I don't really care about that part. Server load is not an interest either, it's just the latency that makes it slow, not the server's CPU. – Apache – 2013-12-14T12:02:03.957

And you are right, wow. Last time I tried FileZilla for SFTP, it strictly used only ONE thread, no matter what I set. It's awesome. Finally three files at the same time. Technology. Heck, I used this client so many times I would donate. But they opted-in for that shady SourceForge installer. If they opt-out, I'll send btc/cash donation. – Apache – 2013-12-14T12:15:15.283

Looking for a fast and reliable way to copy files to SFTP

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