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Re: LDM performance vs scp?

as an additional, but not objectively confirmed datapoint, scp and sftp
perform faster for me than ftp between identical machines.

gerry
Joe Van Andel wrote:
> 
> This morning, I was benchmarking file transfers using LDM vs copying the
> same file with 'scp'.  On the two files I checked, (1237KB and
> 2446KB),LDM took 3 times as long to send the file compared to scp.
> 
> Since I'm already short of bandwidth on my T-1 line, I'm quite concerned
> that I can not afford to use LDM.
> 
> Has anyone else benchmarked LDM to determine how fast it copies files,
> vs alternatives (ftp, http, scp)?
> 
> Any advice on how to improve LDM performance?
> 
> --
> Joe VanAndel
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> http://www.atd.ucar.edu/~vanandel/
> Internet: vanandel@xxxxxxxx

--
Gerry Creager -- gerry@xxxxxxxxxxx
Network Engineering
Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies               
Texas A&M University    979.458.4020  (Phone) -- 979.847.8578  (Fax)

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