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Neil
I was attempting to see what kind of transfer rates we were getting over a
T1 line, so I transferred a large file using WS_FTP from one machine to
another. I took the MBytes transferred and multiplied by 8 and divided by
seconds to get Mbits per second. However, I noticed that my number was
different from the transfer rate that WS_FTP gave for the transfer. I
figured out that they took the MBytes and multiplied by 10, instead of 8, to
get Mbits.
Here's a sample transfer:
Bytes: 105,615,360
MBytes: 100.72
Transfer time: 401 seconds
My calculated transfer rates (using 8 bits/byte): 2.01 Mbits/sec
WS_FTP's declared transfer rate: 2.52 Mbits/sec
Any ideas as to why they use 10 bits/byte to calculate the transfer rate?
Thanks!
Neil
T1 line, so I transferred a large file using WS_FTP from one machine to
another. I took the MBytes transferred and multiplied by 8 and divided by
seconds to get Mbits per second. However, I noticed that my number was
different from the transfer rate that WS_FTP gave for the transfer. I
figured out that they took the MBytes and multiplied by 10, instead of 8, to
get Mbits.
Here's a sample transfer:
Bytes: 105,615,360
MBytes: 100.72
Transfer time: 401 seconds
My calculated transfer rates (using 8 bits/byte): 2.01 Mbits/sec
WS_FTP's declared transfer rate: 2.52 Mbits/sec
Any ideas as to why they use 10 bits/byte to calculate the transfer rate?
Thanks!
Neil