Is there any advantage over sending multiple files compared to one file?

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Is there any performance gain sending many files versus one file over TCP/IP?

(Aside from being able to only resend failed files if the connection goes down)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '12 at 09:47

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There is a 3-packet connect overhead and a 4-packet close overhead. The latter is asynchronous. The effect asymptotes to zero as file size increases.

answered Oct 23 '12 at 09:47

user207421

Thanks EJP... really, anything but the smallest of files has an insignificant overhead then. – BanksySan Oct 23 '12 at 10:04

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