I don't know ... could this be related to the I/O access time ??? Sincerely, Nicola Musa
--- Al-Faisal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > I have been using FTP a lot lately to > upload/download files from a web > server, and i have noticed that when you download or > upload one large file, > it takes less time (far less time) than a group of > smaller files with the > same total size. > > Since i am not much of an expert in networking, I > just started wondering as > to why that happens? is that normal? does perhaps > initializing the streams > for every file consume that much time? > > I tried it using a Java applet provided by the web > hosting provider, and the > FTP command on the shell. > > Just a curious mind wondering, thanks in advance. > -- > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > Tel: +962-7-88 719 685 > P.O Box: 140056 > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > May the source be with you > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
