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- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!kronos.arc.nasa.gov!iscnvx!news
- From: hoffman@tsla.noava.lisc.lockheed.com (John Hoffman)
- Subject: Re: Sun <=> PC Transfer Rate
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.000100.22777@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Sender: news@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (News)
- Organization: LISC Noava
- References: <1992Aug31.183100.19800@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:01:00 GMT
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- tgl@ssd.kodak.com writes:
- : I would like to find a fast way to transfer large files from a Sun
- : to a 486 PC. Currently we're using Sun PC-NFS over Ethernet, but we're
- : not locked into that. Something like FTP, or writing our own custom
- : program using sockets, would be acceptable. The files are tens or
- : hundreds of megabytes. Transfers are mostly one-at-a time, on a dedicated
- : network (essentially no other network traffic). Any suggestions would be
- : appreciated.
- :
- For speed don't use NFS. Both FTP and RCP are MUCH faster.
-
- John
-