WHY FTP FASTER IN LINUX THAN WINDOWS.plz explain

[debapriya]

For a throughput testing through FTP, I used FTP server in windows as well as Linux platform. But in windows i got the speed around 18Mbps but in linux i am getting the speed as 40-45Mbps, which is more than double. Can anybody please explain me the reasons behind it and what are the overheads and all..

 

[bill001g]

It even depends which program you are using even with the same os. I have seen that too and the only thing I have found is that some use small tcp window size. You generally can't change this parameter. Others it appears to have a similar limitation but at the application level that prevents it from sending unacknowledged data. I would try a couple of different windows ftp apps and see if you can find one that runs faster. The fastest transfers use bit torrent or a UDP based file transfer.