mention that winrm can transfer files slowly.

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Matthew Hooker 9 years ago
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## Slowness when transferring large files over WinRM.
Because of the way our WinRM transfers works, it can take a very long time to
upload and download even moderately sized files. If you're experiencing
slowness using the file provisioner on Windows, it's suggested that you set up
an SSH server and use the [ssh
communicator](/docs/templates/communicator.html#ssh-communicator). If you only
want to transfer files to your guest, and if your builder supports it, you may
also use the `http_directory` directive. This will cause that directory to be
available to the guest over http, and set the environment variable
`PACKER_HTTP_ADDR` to the address.

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