Thanks Phill, Problem sorted by the guys at the data centre. No report on what the problem was, but it's ripping now.
Cheers A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phill Coxon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: [phpug] Re: [OT] Speed rates faster for archives than loose files > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
