Optimizing Your FTP Uploads
The PegMedia Server has high bandwidth and can support multiple connections from many users.
Uploads usually occur at close to the maximum current bandwidth of the client's broadband connection. However, if one user trys to upload multiple files simultaneously in parallel, the upload time for all the files is usually longer than the upload time if they were uploaded sequentially (one at a time).
Most good FTP clients allow you to configure the number of simultaneous download and upload connections. The optimum number to limit is one download and one upload. Also, most clients allow you to queue up a list of files for upload so you can be away from your machine overnight or for several hours and files will automatically be downloaded.
To configure FileZilla, in the menu at the top:
- Go to Edit, then Settings. The Settings window should open.
- Click on "Transfers" in the Settings tree in the left hand column.
- Set "Maximum simultaneous transfers" to 2, "Limit for concurrent downloads" to 1, and "Limits for concurrent uploads" to 1.
- Click the OK button.
If you are using an FTP client other than FileZilla, your client should have similar settings to those above for FileZilla. 