Copy files over WAN, throttle bandwidth copy operation

[ranj]

Hi

 

I work in an environment where I tend to need to copy files from our Datacentre to a local office site. Sometimes these files can be large.

 

The problem I have is if I copy a file which is say 3gb. it can affect the bandwidth for the rest of the users at the local office.

 

I thought I would try Rich copy (robocopy alternative) but I dont seem to be able to throttle bandwidth on that. FTP is not an option.

 

Is there another program which would work, it is literally copying a file from a file share at the remote location, to my machine in the office.

 

Thanks

[ranj]

It's ok. Seems like I found an alternative called UltraCopier which allows me to limit the copy speed.

 

Trying it now, seems to do the job. Will post back if I give it a thumbs up as someone else may find this useful in future.

[jinnantonnixx]

Robocopy has rudimentary throttling.

To limit the network bandwidth used by robocopy, specify the Inter-Packet Gap parameter /IPG:n

This will send packets of 64 KB each followed by a delay of n Milliseconds.

 

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