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AWS Transfer Family increases throughput and file sizes supported by SFTP connectors

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AWS Transfer Family has increased the throughput and file size limits for SFTP connectors, which enable file transfers between remote SFTP servers and Amazon S3.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • The maximum supported file size for SFTP connectors has been increased to 150 GB
  • The maximum throughput for SFTP connectors has been increased to 100 files per second
  • These enhancements allow customers to use SFTP connectors for workloads involving large file sizes or high volumes of files, such as media processing and database migrations
  • The increased limits are available in all AWS regions where the Transfer Family service is offered
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