On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
> The entire process is done via VMFTP. It takes a long time to transfer all > of the files. I read somewhere that a new data path is created for each > file. This appears to be where the time is being spent. Is there any was to > cut down on or eliminate this time? It would seem to me to be much more > efficient if all of the data were transferred over the same path without all > of the reconnecting. Could it be that the reverse lookup for the IP address of your VM system is leading to dark zones of the network? When DNS zones are not properly configured, you may end up waiting for a time-out. Either ftpd or tcpwrappers could be trying the reverse lookup. Running tcpdump on Linux for UDP data might reveal whether that's the case. If Linux could offer the data via HTTP, you might be able to retrieve multiple files via a persistent connection... | Rob
