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| Hello, I am pretty new to FTP and WS_FTP. I have the task of transferring about 50,000 1.5K files to our web server every week. We have a DSL connection at 128K upload speed. The transfers take a long time to complete. There is a short pause between each file. I know it takes time for the program to read the file from my hard drive, transmit the file, and communicate with the server. Is there any way to speed up this process? Any help would be appreciated.
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| Try tar'ing the files together. Tar is a program that takes many files (and even entire directories) and ties them into one file. Tar is open-source, so you can d'load the Windows version free of charge from here.
Instructions for using it can be found all over the internet, and it is command-line, so you can easily add it to any d'load scripts you may be using.
Another alternative (but a slower one on both ends) is to zip the files first. In this case, you also have several command-line zip utilities available that can be used in a script.
Brandon Felger
IMail Install Developer
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| You can also change the setup to use more connections, so it will transfer several files simultaneously. Go to Tools Menu, Site Manager, and edit your site to change the "Maximum Transfer Connections" in the Transfer Tab. It could 0 to 20, where 0 means to reuse the current connection. Claudio Robles |
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| Thank you very much. I am using version 7.02 and had to follow Tools > Options. On the "General" tab you can set the "Additional Connections for Transfers" from 0 to 10. Thanks again, -Charlie
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