Don't think I'm on it only ever taken a couple of files from the server ;)

Some time ago I did volunteer to take on this mammoth task and even devised a suitable plan :agree

...thing is, I'm just sooooo busy with EAB related moderation / other stuff that I really don't have the time.

You should create an account here Don, only takes a minute: https://grandis.nu:444/eabadduser/

...otherwise using the "generic" account there are restrictions and access is slooooow.

I realize it is hard. I wish I had the time.

I propose three things (esp. now that things get larger, so the mess can only get larger):

- Move everything not clearly identified (belonging to a collection or whatever) to a "CLEAN UP" or (a folder name I use for such things) "Area 51" or whatever. People can then go there and help identify things, or let the mess in there just be (under the carpet).

- In the root create a clear tree structure that you want people to follow.
For example "TOSEC" folder and inside "Latest FULL TOSEC" and "TOSEC UPDATES" and "TOSEC SOONERS" etc.

- Everybody with upload access should be instructed to only upload followed by a "read me" file (maybe give them an empty form to use), to explain what was uploaded, where it belongs etc. ...or face removal of the upload after a set period.

Just my 0.5.

That's the thing, people ask for it to be cleaned but nobody actually wants to assist due to lack of time...

The TOSEC area is already clear / organised.

Exactly, why doesn't everyone who has an "upload" directory go through what's there, work out where best to move everything and then send me a PM?

I will then move accordingly :agree

Hmmm, just having a look at the various accounts on the FTP in order to do some maintenance...

These seem to be duplicates:

If these are anybody's accounts then please let me know by midnight Sunday otherwise I will delete :agree

...and this account "sandro1" is most probably related to the "Sandro" who was banned from EAB in October 2016; therefore the account has now been deleted.

Bah, seems we disable all of the above last time...

All now purged permanently :agree

Quick update on the status of the new FTP server. The server is ready with all its new disks. Old server would only produce about 360MB/sec (Megabyte) from its Raid1 array (4TB) so we could not saturate the 10Tb NIC, even if we did get it working (which I did not in the old server).

New server produces about 1700MB/sec from its Raid10 array (8TB) so it should not be the bottleneck in our new 10Tb NIC. New disks payed in part from your generous donations =)

Testing the network internally, it also holds up well.
Externally its a bit worse. I can "only" get 6.5Tb/sec when testing to various sources, but it varies a lot depending on where I'm testing. I suspect the various speed check services are not up to the task of testing 10Gb/Sec yet.

I did contact bredbandskollen and complained about the "slow" 6.5Tb/sec speeds (hehe) and according to them, it should be able to handle it (did not expect that response...) so I don't know.

I might be able to tweak that in the future, but I don't see the EAB FTP getting even close to 6500Mb/sec anytime soon anyway. Heck, it did barely any damage to the previous 1Tb link so I have no idea why I need 10Tb or have spent countless thousands on it... When people ask, I simply say "Would you like a Ferrari if you could get one?".

I'm currently in the process of rsyncing everything over from the old to the new. After I'm done, it should just be a simple firewall change to point you to the new one. We'll see when that happens.

I must admit that i'm already satisfied with the download speed of this file server

But, out of curiosity Turran, the "new" server should go more fast in download ?

Sorry for the question, but i'm ignorant by a technical point of view :blased

Depends on your speed really. If you have 100Mbit, probably not. If you have 1Tbit, yes it will be!

Actually i don't know

I guess i simply will try when all will be done

At the moment my download speed is 800 kb/sec

I will see how it will change

Thanks for reply Turran

Holy Guacamole that's insanely fast!

I only have 100Mbps down and 10Mbps up (grr!) at home and 200 up/down at work.
I assume this is not running on an A4000 :spin

Less than 2 minutes for a file on 500MB, on downloading. Slow or fast?

Bit tired here, but 500x120=4.2MB/Sec (Megabyte) or about 42Mbit (Megabit).

Is it fast or slow? Depends what you pay for and where in the world you are etc. For ADSL, it sounds rather good. For fibre, its not.

Correct my math if you want =) *bedtime*

Did you allow more concurrent connections with the new pipe?

Do you need more than two? =)

I have not changed anything yet.

Well, not sure if it helps with anything.
Most modern ftp clients will attempt multiple download threads by default.
Not that it gives any gain probably (if single connection speed limit is not set in your server).

@Turran what do you think about eliminating or raising the download limits of people who have donated?

Haven't you leeched everything already with 882.14GB downloaded? You're constantly at the top of each list :p

I really don't want to give anything for donations except a better and more stable service as donating should be totally voluntary =)

While on the subject, I still have not switched to the new server. Had some issues with the raid card so had to replace it for one I had in storage.. Its only SATA-II though, so we can "only" get ~350MByte/sec from it (Roughly 3.5Tbit/sec).
Unsure if I should go with that and be happy or buy a better one with Sata6...

Edit: Made up my mind. Ordered a new SAS 6G raid card =)