Faster than FTP?
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- boobs
I'm sick of FTP being so slow. Is there anything I can use instead to upload and download my site files?
- bigtrickIII0
zip it up, ftp it, then unzip it on your server.
- duckofrubber0
FTP can be as slow or as fast as your bandwidth.
- The FTP protocal is not your issue. Bandwidth is, either your side or server side.duckofrubber
- bigtrickIII0
(or the other way around if you're downloading)
- ESKEMA0
Jedi Mind Tricks
- detritus0
Gmail.
- PIZZA0
run a torrent tracker from your machine then log into the server via ssh then torrent it maybe?
- this sounds fun and clever, but I have no idea how to do it.mikotondria3
- bored2death0
Lasers. Freakin' lasers, man.
- bigtrickIII0
look, ftp is just a protocol, so you'll transfer as fast or as slow as your connection allows. ftp-ing a file down from your server is no slower than getting it via http. the thing that makes it slow (for me, anyway) is when you're transferring like 8000 files in 300 directories - the constant ftp instructions that have to get passed between your computer and the server will slow down your average transfer speed.
this is why i suggested zipping things up, and transferring only one massive file, instead of 8000 tiny files, if this is indeed what you are doing. it is what i do.
- MSTRPLN0
Step up you internet service game
