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Date: Sun, 6 Jun 93 19:30:14 EDT
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From: opedroso@osiris.b29.ingr.com (Osiris Pedroso)
Subject: FTP xfer speed
Keywords: chuckle, computers
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Question on one of our corporate groups:
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Noticed something weird today. Was using FTP to xfer some
files around and noticed that "getting" files resulted in
a transfer rate of about 15kb/sec while "putting" files
resulted in a transfer rate of about 400kb/sec?!?!
Both sending and receiving nodes were C4's, but one is
a server and one is a WS.
What gives??
Answer some 10 minutes later:
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The remote system is downhill from your system, resulting in a faster
rate of transfer when you "put" files, and a lower rate of transfer
when you "get" files (since you have to pull the bits uphill).
Remember, you should _never_ stack two systems on top of each other.
Bits cannot handle vertical acceleration, and you could actually cause
a bit overflow. That's why you should always back away from a machine
that has an "overflow error", because, chances are, it's about to
explode.
Jeeze, you're working at a computer company and you don't even know
the basics?
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