Why is SIP not good for transporting large amounts of data?

Why is SIP not good for transporting large amounts of data?

I've heard that SIP is not good at transporting large data. I am wondering why? Is it only because the overhead gets to large?

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SIP initiates a virtual session rather than a physical one. So for instance if you were transmitting giant files you would want a point to point system that dedicates the bandwidth from one point to the other. SIP is widely used for a variety of applications including voice and video and is hearty. So I am not sure what size file you want to transfer. If you are transferring the occasional large file, you will be fine with SIP – if you plan to use it for backups – well then you will want something else like FTP or a dedicated line that is more suitable to that application.

This was first published in May 2007