Yes, setting a bigger buffer definitely did the trick. Like 5 secs to download instead of 25 mins. The default buffer size must be very small.
It wasn't obvious (to me) from the Camel FTP page that it's possible to set other config params on the ftpClient than the ones listed under URI Options. There are two sentences: Both links are broken though. -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Slow-FTP-tp5764223p5764258.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.