File Transfers are faced with Limitations
The mission to transfer only 10,000 files is never easy because there is no appropriate solution to transfer files between servers.
However, in business environments, more than millions of files are being integrated, stored and created in servers every day.
Response delays due to transient server load lead to transfer failure. Additionally a network's natural errors and losses exacerbate these problems.
As more amounts of files are transferred more often and the size of files is larger, more files will be lost or altered while transferring. Then these transfers will fail.
At present, the only transfer alternatives are FTP or the system synchronization command.
Due to the inefficiency and instability of these alternatives, it is a better choice for companies to move physical data storage devices (HDD and USB, etc.) through logistics services. In order to improve these situations, if companies depend on an engineers' experience and force additional efforts and sacrifices from engineers, it does not fit in with the effectiveness that companies want.
Limitations of System Commands
Current business environments are very different from when system commands (sync or copy) were developed. However, companies that do not have an alternative depend on system commands.
In order to utilize system commands, engineers have to search for appropriate instructions on the internet and apply the methods and then verify the results. If some problems occur, engineers have to resolve the problems themselves. Engineers who have experienced this situation, they will remember the anxiety and inconvenience.
Despite all the engineers' efforts, system commands can utilize only a small part of server performance and network bandwidth. Due to the low-speeds, the commands cause only disappointment. Additionally, when the number of files increases, a drastic speed reduction is inevitable.
Limitations of FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
The way of using FTP is quite ridiculous, engineers install FTP server software in one of two servers and connect to the other server and execute FTP commands, and they then connect to the first server again and check all transfer results one by one.
Although security issues seem to resolve themselves using SFTP, its speed is much slower than FTP. Moreover SFTP and FTP still cause many security problems because both have lax user authentication and require all servers to open additional ports.
Although the inconvenient use and management of FTP is very similar to system commands, there is no hot folder feature that can detect new folders and files thus, engineers have to do repetitive tasks and spend too much time on the same file transfer mission. Additionally, it cannot assure a perfect transfer and transfers only at low-speeds.
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