Does VM FTP client spawn threads to enable multiple downloads? ____________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "It is fun to do the impossible."
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:31 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: FTP Question. On Thursday, 11/04/2010 at 05:22 EDT, "Schuh, Richard" <rsc...@visa.com> wrote: > The entire process is done via VMFTP. It takes a long time to transfer all of > the files. I read somewhere that a new data path is created for each file. This > appears to be where the time is being spent. Is there any was to cut down on or > eliminate this time? It would seem to me to be much more efficient if all of > the data were transferred over the same path without all of the reconnecting. On the data connection, it is the TCP session disconnection that signals EOF (there are no file markers in stream mode). As another benefit, ftp clients can spawn a separate thread for each file, allowing them to be transferred concurrently instead of serially. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
