That is a very bad transfer speed. I have 400kbits/sec upload speed on my DSL so a 100MB upload would take me 30 mins.
Have you tried what Wil suggested and just try a manual FTP transfer? Try it and see how fast it goes. Maybe the external server is just slow. Wil Genovese wrote: > First thing I would try is to do a traceroute from your server to the > external server to see if there is any issues. Then I would try to ftp > manually from the server to the external server. > > See if active or passive mode works better. > Use cfzip to zip the file if you can. > > > Wil > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com> wrote: > > >> I have a process that starts with a ColdFusion interface and ends with >> an Oracle stored procedure FTPing a file from the database server to an >> external FTP server. >> >> A test run today has spend 3.5hours and counting to ftp 100MB of text >> data, that seems a bit slow to me is it? >> >> If it is, how would one start sniffing around to find the bottle neck? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4