[Zope] FTP Access: Large Text Files Transfer Super-Slow

[Edward Pollard]

Greetings,

We are using FTP access to store content in Zope. Some of this content 
is large (~20MB) binary files - software distributions.
However, when we download the files via FTP, the Mac versions top out 
at 2-3k/s. The PC versions come down too fast to get a transfer speed.

A look in the ZMI, and Zope sees the PC versions as Files, and the Mac 
versions as DTML documents. You see, the Mac versions are HQX files, so 
I guess when they were FTP'ed up, Zope saw them as readable text and 
stored them as DTML documents. (I don't dare try to view their 
properties via the ZMI, as that causes Zope to attempt to display all 
20MB of HQX in the editing pane.)

We have not had any problems accessing these files via the web, but the 
Mac files do transfer 50% slower than the PC files via HTTP. That is 
still plenty fast enough to avoid being annoying, unlike the FTP 
transfer differences.

Anyone with thoughts on what is happening, or what I can do?

Ed