Transferring 100MB random data
Gnome 2.26.1 to OpenSSH server

Local SSH server (dual 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo)

           down  up
sftp       14.5s 14.7s
gvfs-copy  16.4s 16.6s

sftp dowload:      time sftp 127.0.0.1:/tmp/urand100 urand100b                      14.5s
sftp upload:       time echo put /tmp/urand100 | sftp 127.0.0.1:/tmp/target         14.7s
gvfs-copy dowload: time gvfs-copy sftp://127.0.0.1/tmp/urand100 /tmp/urand100b      16.4s
gvfs-copy upload:  time gvfs-copy /tmp/urand100 sftp://127.0.0.1/tmp/urand100b      16.6s

SSH server on 100Mb LAN (Atom 1.6GHz Eeepc):

           down  up
sftp       26.0s 12.6s
gvfs-copy  45.7s 30.6s

sftp dowload:      time sftp 192.168.42.143:/tmp/urand100 /tmp/urand100b            26.0s
sftp upload:       time echo put /tmp/urand100 | sftp 192.168.42.143:/tmp/target    12.6s
gvfs-copy dowload: time gvfs-copy sftp://192.168.42.143/tmp/urand100 /tmp/urand100b 45.7s
gvfs-copy upload:  time gvfs-copy /tmp/urand100 sftp://192.168.42.143/tmp/urand100b 30.8s
