Re: download rate to slow tith 1000BaseT

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 09:09:22AM +1300, Lloyd Parkes wrote:
> I recommend analysing the problem in stages, and you have done
> this already. Do not start with testing ssh/scp because it
> virtualises the network connection and older versions of ssh
> have a lot of significant performance problems. 
...
> 2) Run ftp, and make sure the file being written is /dev/null.
> This tests how fast one end of the ftp connection can get the
> data off the disk and on to the network.

2a) Run ftp from a sparse file to /dev/null. Use both 'put' and 'get'
    by requesting the transfer from both ends.

        David

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