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Struggling with very slow FTP/SFTP upload
Hey all, Now for a week ago I have been trying to make my FTP upload faster. I can’t make it faster than 10-15 kb/s, which is very hilarious. Details:
- I have already set my SFTP connection by following this article: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-enable-sftp-without-shell-access-on-ubuntu-20-04
- I have tried set my FTP server with docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/delfer/alpine-ftp-server
- My droplet has 4 AMD CPU and 8DB RAM, which has to be enough
- wget is fast and it goes on normal speed
- I have tried several clients and I have tried access from different PC
- My droplet is currently in AMS-3, but in Frankfurt the same issue happened. I have found things like magic-wormhole, wput but tbh I don’t want to believe that generally FTP has to be slow as this. What should I try? How would you set up an FTP/SFTP connection? I am desperated but I don’t want to give up.
Thanks every answer!
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Heya, @stevemcaxolotl
Keep in mind that download speed can vary depending on many factors. It will be the best to test if you internet connection is good and you can download files from other sources without any issues.
You can check your droplet’s resource usage (
CPU,RAM, etc.) during uploads. High CPU usage can throttle SFTP speed due to encryption processing. You can use tools likehtoportopto monitor the resource usage and diagnoze if there is an ongoing issue.Regards
Heya,
FTP/SFTP shouldn’t be that low!
You can always check the status board to see if there are any reported issues :
https://status.digitalocean.com/
I can’t see any to be honest that can cause such an issues.
Next would be to make sure your internet connection is not capped in someway since you are transfering over from/to your local machine, you are using your Network Speed.