RE: ftp to the ifs from a database file

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.  That's the answer.  Transfer to the IFS in about six minutes using
the loopback address. I'm truly amazed at the difference.

I like to think of the other way as "abusing" my comm resources. <g>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:23 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: ftp to the ifs from a database file
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> Did you ftp to the loopback address of 127.0.0.1 or were you
> beating the
> #$%^ out of your comm resources?
>
> Rob Berendt
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> The problem I noticed was that it took nearly six times as
> long to FTP a
> database file from the 400 to a text file in the IFS on the
> same machine
> than it did to FTP the same database file to a text file on
> my PC.  The
> zipping comes after the conversion to a text file.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:35 AM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: ftp to the ifs from a database file
> >
> >
> > Hi Joel,
> >
> > Is it faster from the PC because you've zipped it up first?
> > How much does
> > zipping compress the file? 50% or more? So it takes twice as
> > long from the
> > 400 as from the PC? If that's the case, try using the jar
> > program on the 400
> > to compress it into the IFS, for example:
> >
> >     qsh
> >     jar cvf /home/pdow/test.jar
> > /qsys.lib/pdows.lib/source.file/addvlle.mbr
> >     adding: qsys.lib/pdows.lib/source.file/addvlle.mbr
> > (in=1900) (out=336)
> > (deflated 82%)
> >
> > Then FTP it from the IFS.
> >
> > hth,
> > Peter Dow
> > Dow Software Services, Inc.
> > 909 425-0194 voice
> > 909 425-0196 fax
> >
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