Monitoring Transfers

Connect lets you monitor and adjust file transfer speed from the Transfer Monitor window. To monitor a transfer session shown in the Activity window, click the icon shown with the session. The Transfer Monitor opens:



The following controls are available in this window:

  • Open the folder on your computer that contains this content.
  • Stop the transfer.
  • Resume a stopped transfer, or retry a failed transfer.

If you have sufficient server privileges and your transfer server is configured to allow it, you can adjust or set your desired transfer rate, minimum transfer rate, and rate policy. However, actual performance is subject to the available bandwidth on your network as well as the transfer settings on your server:

  • Target transfer rate – To adjust the transfer rate, locate and select the upper slider on the left side of the graph and move it up or down to change the desired rate. Note that the actual rate depends on several factors.
  • Minimum transfer rate – To set the minimum transfer speed, locate and select the bottom slider on the left side of the graph and move it up or down to set the desired rate. The actual minimum rate depends on several factors.
  • Transfer policy – Select the transfer policy from the drop-down list at the bottom of the window. Note that your specified rate policy may be subject to external limitations:
    Fixed
    The transfer transmits data at a rate equal to the target rate, although this may impact the performance of other traffic present on the network.
    High
    The transfer rate is adjusted to use the available bandwidth up to the maximum rate.
    Fair
    The transfer attempts to transmit data at a rate equal to the target rate. If network conditions do not permit that, it transfers at a rate lower than the target rate, but no less than the minimum rate.
    Low
    The transfer rate is less aggressive than Fair when sharing bandwidth with other network traffic. When congestion occurs, the transfer rate is decreased to the minimum rate, until other traffic retreats.
  • Additional options – Right-clicking in the area above the graph opens the same menu as doing so in the Activity window, giving options such as stop or remove transfers, and open the transfer's containing folder.