DID YOU KNOW…
… that FTP clients for Macs are generally slower than getting Starcraft 2 released if you don’t change the default settings of the clients?
Apparently, each file upload requires a new TCP connection, that is, your client needs to
- Connect to the server
- Authenticate your session
- Upload a file
- Disconnect your session
- Repeat 234761 times til your files are done
Compare this to connecting with Windows where your client
- Connects to the server
- Authenticate your session
- Upload ALL files
- Disconnect your session
In short, you’re pretty much wasting half your life connecting and disconnecting.
See, aren’t you glad you’re reading this and learning something new from me?
*Edit* I forgot to state the solution to the problem. Most FTP clients (I actually don’t know one that doesn’t have this function) have an option somewhere in the menu that allows you to increase the max number of simultaneous uploads. If you’re getting webspace from a host, check what the maximum number of connections they allow and fill that into the field. That should significantly increase your upload speeds.