Re: How to FTP big files (377 MB) from PC to IBM i

Thank you, Rob! Thank you, Jon!

With the link from Rob, I see that the limit for a database file is 1 terabyte. I think for almost all of us, if not all, that's equivalent to unlimited. Gotta go see why it errors in the middle now. Maybe it's some company-set limit?

The message it errored on was cryptic. I'm going to run it again and look harder.

--Alan

On 07/06/2026 4:03 PM EDT Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


To the best of my knowledge there is no size limit. I'm pretty certain we have FTP'd files far larger than yours,

Have you checked the logs to detemine the underlying cause of the failure?


Jon Paris
Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Jul 6, 2026, at 3:18 PM, Infodorado InfoDorado via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Where do I look for this?
I have a CSV file, size 377 MB, and when I ran FTP to upload it to the IBM i, it quit. I assume it's a sie limit.

Can somebody tell me the standard size limit, and what the solution is to get it done?

--lan Cassidy
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