Optimizing CuteFTP

[central2rbay]

Good Afternoon Gang,

Anyone happen to have come across any solid articles, or even postings on FST, regarding CuteFTP speed optimization? I feel like my speeds between myself and the seedbox I subscribe to aren't at all being utilized.

Appreciate the help as always

[H&K]

Whats the maximum speed you can get from your home connection. Mine is 1.2mb/s, therefore i have 6 threads running at 200kb/s each.

Also if you're on OVH they are hell for limiting FTP downloads.

[central2rbay]

Hi H&K,

Appreciate the reply. I'm not on that particular service you mentioned. In terms of home pc speeds, here's my speedtest image:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2...eedtestys8.jpg

Let me specify my problem. If I download a file from my seedbox which has say 20 sub files, I get a tremendous combined rate. The highest I've seen so far is about 5.2-5.5mbs. If I download one single sub file, my rate is usually below 1mbs. Are there settings I can tweak for this particular issue?

I'm a fairly new CuteFTP client user - haven't used it in years come to think of it. And, I just recently subscribed to a seedbox so in the learning phase!

Thanks again for the help.

[LJ.]

I Download around 12mb/s

[Sanka113]

Cuteftp can multithread up to a certain point. If you feel you need to run more threads consider using 3d-ftp.

[gijpie]

Right on the file(folder) you like to download. Choose 'download advanced', choose 'multipart download', choose 'max 5 parts' and on you go.

[Cabalo]

Hi H&K,

Appreciate the reply. I'm not on that particular service you mentioned. In terms of home pc speeds, here's my speedtest image:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2...eedtestys8.jpg

Let me specify my problem. If I download a file from my seedbox which has say 20 sub files, I get a tremendous combined rate. The highest I've seen so far is about 5.2-5.5mbs. If I download one single sub file, my rate is usually below 1mbs. Are there settings I can tweak for this particular issue?

I'm a fairly new CuteFTP client user - haven't used it in years come to think of it. And, I just recently subscribed to a seedbox so in the learning phase!

Thanks again for the help.

that slowdown is not an issue of the FTP client.
if you have that kind of slowdowns when only downloading a large file, the explanation is simple: high degree of fragmentation in the server HDD and/or too many write accesses during that read. I make a weekly defrag on all my home servers and everytime i had a dedicated one. If you don't have a dedicated one, tough luck because you won't be able to defrag it.

[central2rbay]

Appreciate the help gang ~ I'll give the multipart-download a shot and see where I go from there. In terms of the server HD, unfortunately it's a remote seedbox ~ out of my control .

[LJ.]

how did you get max 5 parts or 6 ? I only have 4 eeehhhhhhhh /?

[central2rbay]

I've Max 4 parts as well LJ... Needless to say, I did try out the multipart download function, and it worked! My rate has been staying above 10+ constant... really awesome - thanks a bunch.