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Do you have access to any other kind of transfer mechanism, and if so, does it 
happen with that too? (thinking Connect:Direct for example).
Is the target device of the transfer the same on fast vs slow?

Andy Styles
z/Series Systems Programmer

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There is, but same for all lpars involved.

Dave Jousma
Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering





From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe 
Monk <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 9:12 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Slow FTP's
Is there a firewall or switch in the path? Joe On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 8: 03 AM 
Jousma, David < 000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-request@ listserv. ua. edu> wrote: > 
Joe, > > I had not, just did, worse yet > > EZA1485I 12902400 bytes


Is there a firewall or switch in the path?



Joe



On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 8:03 AM Jousma, David <

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> Joe,

>

> I had not, just did, worse yet

>

> EZA1485I 12902400 bytes transferred - 10 second interval rate 1281.27

> KB/sec - Overall transfer rate 1281.27 KB/sec

> EZA1485I 21381120 bytes transferred - 10 second interval rate 838.65

> KB/sec - Overall transfer rate 1059.52 KB/sec

> EZA1485I 29491200 bytes transferred - 10 second interval rate 791.23

> KB/sec - Overall transfer rate 969.15 KB/sec

>

> Dave Jousma

> Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering

>

>

>

>

>

> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on
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> of Joe Monk <[email protected]>

> Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 8:56 AM

> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

> Subject: Re: Slow FTP's

> Have you tried MODE S (streaming) and TYPE E? Joe On Thu, Mar 28, 2024
> at

> 7: 31 AM Jousma, David < 000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-request@ listserv. ua.

> edu> wrote: > All, > > Grasping at straws here, IBM support center is

> baffled too. >

>

>

> Have you tried MODE S (streaming) and TYPE E?

>

>

>

> Joe

>

>

>

> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 7:31 AM Jousma, David <

>

> [email protected]> wrote:

>

>

>

> > All,

>

> >

>

> > Grasping at straws here, IBM support center is baffled too.

>

> >

>

> > To clone z/OS maintenance to various disconnected sysplex’s I do a
> > DFDSS

>

> > dump, and FTP it everywhere it needs to be.  Its roughly a 50Gb file

>

> > transfer.  There is some environmental issue causing slow file
> > transfers

> to

>

> > some systems (40mb’s a sec) and fast file transfers (150Mb/sec) to
> > other

>

> > systems on the same CEC.    With IBM support help, we’ve narrowed down

> the

>

> > problem to the specification of MODE B and EBCDIC on the transfer
> > since

> it

>

> > is a DSS dump.   Remove those, and the transfer is fast on the slow

>

> > systems, and still fast on the fast systems.  Obviously that isn’t a

>

> > solution though.

>

> >

>

> > So, we are a GDPS shop.   The oddity is that all the “fast” transfers are

>

> > to the K systems(control systems), and all the “slow” transfers are
> > to

> the

>

> > traditional application systems.   TEST, DEV, PROD makes no difference,

> nor

>

> > does LPAR busy or not busy.

>

> >

>

> > It seems there is something configured differently on the “slow”
> > systems

>

> > that is affecting mode b, ebcdic file transfers, but for the life of
> > me,

> I

>

> > cannot put my finger on what, nor can the support center, except
> > that the

>

> > issue is at the remote end, in that the OS cannot offload the data
> > fast

>

> > enough, so TCPIP/FTP is slowing the transfer pace.

>

> >

>

> > A virtual adult beverage of choice to the one that can point in a

>

> > direction to look….

>

> >

>

> >

>

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