SFTP transfer to my computer taking too long

[chrisdoubleu13]

I am using a script to transfer 22 files from another server to mine through SFTP. In total, all 22 files added up to 1.89 GB. It took a little more than 2 hours for it to copy all the files.

Why does it take so long? Is there anything I can add or remove or do differently that would speed up this process?

Below is my file I use to run with the script. Words in bold italics are changed for privacy reasons.


# Turn logging on with most details and appends the new log to file
log verbose append:"LogFile.txt"
criteria timestamp:2sec;IgnoreDST size

# Load the base folders, filtering to only copy text files
load "LeftSide" "sftp:RightSide"
filter cutoff:<10days
filter "*.txt"

# Copy different files right to left, leaving orphans and newer files on the opposite side unchanged.
option confirm:yes-to-all
expand all
select rt.diff rt.older rt.newer rt.orphan
copy right->left

folder-report layout:side-by-side options:column-size,column-version,column-timestamp output-to:"MyFile.txt"

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you place the filter commands before the load, they will be in place and the load won't compare the excluded items. Does this help speed things up?

Otherwise the load happens first (comparing everything using the timestamp/size comparison) and then the filter is placed.

[chrisdoubleu13]

Yes, this has helped! Thank you.