ProFTPd - Upload to server is very slow

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vanneto

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Hello everyone!

This is my first time visiting the forums as I only started using DirectAdmin and I think its great.

I have a small problem though. Its not DA's fault but rather proftpd. The upload to the ftp server is *very* slow.

I tried all the common things.

  • UseReverseDNS set to "off"
  • IdentLookups set to "off"
  • Delay engine is set to "off"

These are the things I changed in /etc/proftpd.conf. It takes 5 seconds to login to the FTP server and getting a directory list takes about the same. Not to mention the dog slow uploads.

And the server is not at fault, everything else works fine.

Any suggestions? I thank you in advance!
 
Maybe your hosting provider caps your bandwidth or your isp. There is nothing that would cause slow bandwidth.
 
There is no cap. I have a dedicated box with a 100mbit symmetrical connection. Thats not the problem.
 
Just cause its on a 100mb switch port means nothing. Ask your provider.
 
If I upload a file via HTTP POST its lightning fast, same for download. The only problem is FTP. Like I said, the connection is not the problem.

I did ask my provider, they don't offer support for 3rd party software. Well, they do, but I'd have to pay...

Well, another option, is there any other FTP client that DA supports?
 
There is no other ftp client that it supports. Im sure you can install pureftpd or something else to try to see if its any different.
 
ProFTPd is not a client, it's a server daemon.

That said, while the truth is probably somewhere between vanneto and scsi, I'd suggest that you might want to temporarily turn off ProFTPd, install some other ftp daemon, turn it on, and test to see if upload is any faster.

If it is, then yes, we can start looking further into ProFTPd; if it isn't, you can start checking your network.

Jeff
 
Another thing you could do is check the server load as you are uploading to FTP. You can run "top" via an SSH console session - and sort by CPU usage by hitting "P" on your keyboard. If the PROFTP daemon is up there and sucking up heaps of CPU, then you could be onto something, if not ... then back to the network for you :)
 
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