Re: ftp to the ifs from a database file

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

I don't know the cause of the poor performance you are getting.  It doesn't
sound normal.  I just tested FTP to transfer a *SAVF from library QGPL to a
binary file in the IFS.  The transfer rate was 2 meg per second.  So a 1.3
gig file would have transferred in about ten (10) minutes.  The WRKTCPSTS
screen showed that both an FTP client as well as the FTP server were active
on the AS/400 during the transfer.

Nathan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Fritz" <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
To: "MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com (E-mail)" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: ftp to the ifs from a database file


> This week I was filling in for a co-worker who's on vacation.  I had to
send
> a reasonably large file (1.3 gig) by FTP.  Our procedure has been to move
> the file down to a PC hard drive, zip it, and send the zip file from the
pc
> because direct FTP from the 400 was very slow.
>
> Because I didn't have enough room on my hard drive, I tried FTPing the
file
> to an IFS directory, in hopes of sending it from there.  If I hadn't
killed
> the job, it would have taken nearly three hours to FTP the file to to the
> IFS.  I deleted a bunch of files from my PC hard drive and was able to FTP
> the file to my PC in 30 minutes.
>
> I hope this isn't normal.  If not, what sorts of things should we look for
> in the TCP/IP configuration on the 400?