SCP slows down for the last ~10% of large transfers

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • SCP slows down for the last ~10% of large transfers
  • scp command goes fast for the first 90% to 99% of large transfer, then speed falls over the end of the transfer

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and earlier
  • SSH file transfers using scp command

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