On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 11:51 +1300, Aaron Cooper wrote: > I've tested some uploads to a new account via FTP and found the > transfer rate to be very slow for loose files and directories. Between > 2-6 KB/S. > > But if I upload an archive (zip, tar.gz etc), or any single file (like > a large PSD), the rate is great at 300-400 KB/S
I've always found this to be the case with FTP. There is generally a 2-4 second delay between finishing the transfer of one file before FTP starts on the next. With lots of tiny files that delay adds up *massively*. I *always* upload multiple files in zip or tar format. Where a zipped file may take 30 seconds, uploading the same directory with many small files (software install for example) by FTP may take 25 minutes. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
