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Alternative to WinSCP

by rastix on Fri 28 Jul 2006 10:23 AM CEST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

Usually, when I need to copy a file from a Windows box to ESX, I use WinSCP. WinSCP is free and does the job well. However, CPU usage is very high when doing the transfer.

An alternative to WinSCP is Bitvise Tunnelier. It provides a secure shell and file transfer. CPU usage during tranfers is also better and transfer speeds are better as well.

Take a look at both but my preferred choice at the moment is Tunnelier.

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Re: Alternative to WinSCP

by Anonymous on Thu 12 Oct 2006 10:45 AM CEST | Permanent Link

I recently tried fastftp from www.veeam.com. Much faster than any alternatives I used before. No cpu load at all!

Re: Alternative to WinSCP

by Vlada on Thu 12 Oct 2006 03:39 PM CEST | Permanent Link

There is another alternative to WinSCP that is much faster and not less effective - Veeam FastSCP. Veeam FastSCP for VMware is a tool that will allow you to deliver your ISO files without using WinSCP. Veeam FastSCP ensures security by using a one-time password feature and works more than 6 times faster than SCP. On my 100MB switch i spent more than 7 minutes delivering a 660-meter ISO file through WinSCP, while with FastSCP it took me only 58 seconds to deliver the same file.
The tool is free, and you can download it here: http://www.veeam.com/veeam_fast_scp.asp

Re: Re: Alternative to WinSCP

by rastix on Thu 12 Oct 2006 07:28 PM CEST | Profile | Permanent Link

Indeed, I have tried FastSCP from Veeam and it is true that it is faster than WinSCP and less CPU load. Comparable with Tunnelier. It's good to have choices!

Thanks for the comment.

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