I think what you want is QoS (Quality of Service). I got a headache trying to read:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/F1A1B381/2.7 -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Kline > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Throttling FTP > > We have some large batch FTP processes that were recently > identified as the > cause of major network slowdowns for online processing. More > specifically, > one of our CIP routers becomes a bottleneck when batch FTP jobs start > flooding it. > > We are working on a process to ensure that particular FTP > batch processes > are run on a system that will not affect the problem router. > > IFAIR, VTAM has/had pacing options that could help manage > just this sort of > situation. Does FTP or TCPIP have a similar capability? I > found nothing in the > FTP configuration about throttling or pacing. Maybe someone > else has run into > a similar situation. How did or would you deal with this situation? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

