FTP vs. HTTP - Which is faster?

[romorris]

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on some comparison numbers for the speed difference between FTP and HTTP?

Thanks,

Ray

[BBA]

I don't know the numbers, but I can tell you TCP/IP headroom is more costly in performance than FTP.

How about some elaboration someone?

BBA

[kwai]

both ftp and http use tcp/ip (say that ten times fast). if i remember correctly, ftp is a less "chatty" protocol, meaning it takes less dialogue between the two ends to transmit data.

kind of hard to find a performance comparison in the real world, cuz the same named file may be on two different servers depending on if you're using ftp or http. why not just select ftp by preference, and just know you're getting a better deal? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[cobain1crt]

All depends on the server.