upload speeds - ftp

[Bob Kinney]

--- Bret Stern <bret_stern at machinemanagement.com> wrote:

> 
> Does anybody have any tips for increasing upload
> speeds?
> 
> Perhaps sending the file a different way.
> 
> I periodically send a zipped 500mb file to my ftp host.
> (data sent to my server from a dsl client/customer)
> 
> I have Comcast cable, and host an ftp server on my
> network. The host is behind an inexpensive router,
> which is port forwarded to my ftp host.
> 
> The ftp host is a Dell 2450 with dual 1.2 processors,
> 2-gb ram routed through a Cisco 2900XL 10/100 switch.
> 
> I'm getting about 38 - 40 kb upload speed to my
> host.
> 
> B Stern
> 
>

Is that Kb or KB per second?

If it's the latter, that would put you at around 320 Kbits / second,
which is where my service gets throttled.

You might get a bit more for the first few megabytes (if your service
has the speedboost feature) before the vise clamps down.

--bc




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