slow transfer speeds

skybeam

2010-10-22 01:25:53

hey guys!

i am experiencing very slow transfer speeds from my server. my server runs on a 30/30 Mbit fiber connection. i have a 30ish Mbit download connection where i am witting now. yet i only get 300KB/s transfer speed per file. when i donload more than one each file is about 300 KB/s up to a total of around 2,5MB/s.
how do i get the transfer speed of a single file up to the max? seems overy complicated to pack all my files on the servers into rar's to get the desired transfer speed...
i've read a few other things on the forums already. my worker count is set to 1 and there is no limitations on transfer speed. this does however not help...

please help, and let me know if you need some more info!

2010-10-22 01:27:35

Try to increase the number of workers. E.g. use 4 workers.

What operating system are you using?

skybeam

2010-10-24 18:40:44

increasing number of workers doesn't have any effect. using win7 ultimate

2010-10-24 19:11:40

Increasing the number of workers should defintively increase the total transfer speed. You may still see a lower transfer speed per file but the total should be higher.

skybeam

2010-10-24 19:46:23

Increasing the number of workers should defintively increase the total transfer speed. You may still see a lower transfer speed per file but the total should be higher.

well that is kinda my whole point. i want the speed on each individual file to increase, so i won't have to make a ton of rars to get stuff transferred faster...
if i get 300KB/s out of a potential 2,5MB/s, something is definitely wrong imho...

2010-10-24 19:47:09

How big are your small files?

skybeam

2010-10-24 20:10:38

How big are your small files?

heh...the smaller ones are like 500MB. bigger ones 4GB+

2010-10-24 20:19:30

Is it faster with other ftp clients?

skybeam

2010-10-24 22:18:47

Is it faster with other ftp clients?

faster if i dowload via the inbuilt ftp in windows yes. but then it's not encrypted, and we can't have that can we...

2010-10-24 22:28:04

You can try muli-part transfer for downloads:
- Stop the transfer queue
- Right-click the file in the transfer queue, select Properties
- Go to the Advanced dialog
- Set the number of parts to 4
- Start the queue

skybeam

2010-10-24 22:43:38

You can try muli-part transfer for downloads:
- Stop the transfer queue
- Right-click the file in the transfer queue, select Properties
- Go to the Advanced dialog
- Set the number of parts to 4
- Start the queue

great! this seems to work! thank you i will let you know after a while if the speed is consistent!