Global Bandwidth Settings

Aspera FASP transport has no theoretical throughput limit. Other than the network capacity, the transfer speed can be limited by user-configured rate settings and the resources of the local and remote machines.

To set limits on transfer bandwidth and the number of concurrent FASP transfers:

  1. Launch the application with administrator privileges and click Tools > Global Preferences.
  2. Click Transfers.
    The preferences window.
  3. To limit total bandwidth usage by FASP uploads and downloads, edit System-Wide Settings.
    System-wide settings set the aggregated bandwidth cap for all FASP transfers on this computer.

    To override the default bandwidth limits, under System-Wide Settings select the boxes next to Limit Download Bandwidth and Limit Upload Bandwidth and enter new values in the fields. The global settings for download and upload bandwidth limits cannot be reset by non-admin users. However, users can view the global limit from the Preferences > Transfers dialog.

    The maximum number of concurrent upload transfers and download transfers.The initial download and upload rates for all transfers.ItemThe initial download and upload rates for all transfers.Item
  4. To set default target rates for all users, edit Default Target Rate.
    Non-admin users can adjust their personal default target rates above or below the global default value.
  5. To limit the number of active transfers, edit Maximum Active Transfers.
    Non-admin users can adjust their personal maximum active transfers above or below the global default value.
  6. Click OK to activate your changes.