Re: CHGTCPA buffer sizes

[paultherrien <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

> On March 5, 2016 at 9:02 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Awhile back I complained about how long it took to ftp down 1-4GB image
> catalog files from IBM straight to my IBM i.
> It was suggested that I run CHGTCPA and change the buffer sizes.
> I did and, OMG, what a difference that made!
> I made the buffer size 65k. I think it was around 8k.
> Instead of hours and hours the 4GB one was done in about 45-50 minutes.
>
> I also broke them up into 7 separate downloads running at the same time in
> batch.
> So I'm still really not taxing the communications line.
>
> I used to order them also on media and often the media beat the download.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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