{"id":"data-transfers.advanced-options-explained","url":"/faq/data-transfers/advanced-options-explained","category":{"id":"data-transfers","title":"Data Transfers"},"subcategory":{"id":"speed-and-advanced","title":"Speed and advanced options"},"question":"What are the Advanced options in New Transfer?","alt_questions":["advanced transfer settings","what does advanced options do in storage studio","bandwidth parallel streams settings","New Transfer advanced section","tune a transfer's speed"],"short_answer":"Advanced options holds Bandwidth limit (a speed cap), Parallel transfers (files at once, 1–32), Streams per file (pieces of one big file, 1–16) and, for a new two-way sync, First run for this pair.","answer_markdown":"Open **Advanced options** in **New Transfer** to fine-tune a transfer:\n\n- **Bandwidth limit** — a speed cap, so a big upload doesn't hog your connection. Blank means no limit.\n- **Parallel transfers** — how many files move at the same time (1 to 32, default 8). Not shown for Download, which is one file.\n- **Streams per file** — how many pieces of one large file are fetched at once (1 to 16, default 4).\n- **First run for this pair** — only for Bidirectional sync, only on its very first run.\n\nThe defaults suit most people; change them when you have a reason to.\n\nRelated: [Bandwidth limit](/faq/data-transfers/limit-transfer-bandwidth) · [Parallel transfers](/faq/data-transfers/parallel-transfers-setting) · [Streams per file](/faq/data-transfers/streams-per-file-setting)","answer_html":"

Open Advanced options in New Transfer to fine-tune a transfer:

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The defaults suit most people; change them when you have a reason to.

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Related: Bandwidth limit · Parallel transfers · Streams per file

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Data Transfers · Speed and advanced options

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What are the Advanced options in New Transfer?

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Short answer: Advanced options holds Bandwidth limit (a speed cap), Parallel transfers (files at once, 1–32), Streams per file (pieces of one big file, 1–16) and, for a new two-way sync, First run for this pair.

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Open Advanced options in New Transfer to fine-tune a transfer:

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  • Bandwidth limit — a speed cap, so a big upload doesn't hog your connection. Blank means no limit.
  • Parallel transfers — how many files move at the same time (1 to 32, default 8). Not shown for Download, which is one file.
  • Streams per file — how many pieces of one large file are fetched at once (1 to 16, default 4).
  • First run for this pair — only for Bidirectional sync, only on its very first run.
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The defaults suit most people; change them when you have a reason to.

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Related: Bandwidth limit · Parallel transfers · Streams per file

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