[Klug-general] Slow FTP in SuSE9.0

[Wayne]

Stuart Buckland wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 16:35 +0000, Kevin Groves wrote:
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>>Stuart Buckland wrote: 
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>>>Daft question but... have you checked the stats and port config on the
>>>switch. 
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>>All appears ok execept that the AS400 FDX light isnt on but even if
>>that's the problem (which is a problem on its own) it doesnt account
>>for the problem of the two SUSE versions taking differnt times to run
>>an FTP.
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>>My 9.0 box took about 18-20hrs to FTP around 2gb of data while my 8.0
>>box is currently comming in at 2hrs for just over 1.5gb so far. Not
>>quite right. I will check to see if I have this kind of problem at
>>home with the same distro, but I've not noticed it and I've been
>>slinging large anims/frame data across my network recently.
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>>It's looking to be the NIC so I've got an update to the driver which
>>is a year on from the one with the distro and will try that. If still
>>no joy then I'll sling in a Netgear which I've never had a problem
>>with.
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>>Kev,
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>Chances are you may find it is the same problem affecting both machines
>just to a greater degree on the 9.0 box.  For example I regularly
>transfer files between 1 and 2GB between my desktop and my storage
>server at home (most videos), I can transfer a 2GB file in approx 5
>minutes.  2hrs is extroadinarily excessive.  There is something really
>wrong with that.
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>There is nothing fancy or clever in my network at home, as stated before
>it's simply running 100hdx with a dumb hub, not even a switch at this
>time.
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>I have no idea what underlying network you run, I'm assuming ethernet
>and I'm assuming at least 100hdx if not 100fdx or GigE.
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Have you tried testing the speeds on the same file set on both set-ups?
The reason I ask is because I found the transfer rate drops dramatically 
when transferring many small files as opposed to less files of a larger 
nature.

Wayne.