Working with Growing Files

Requirements

• Both the source host and remote host must be running IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.6.0 and later to support the faspstream technology used to transfer growing files.
• The transfer user on the node running the Watch Folder service transfer must not have a docroot.
• Pull Watch Folders do not support growing files.

Configuration

When creating or editing a Watch Folder in Console, you can configure how Console handles growing files in the Growing Files section under More Options:

Option	Description	Default	Example
Maximum parallel transfers	The maximum number of concurrent transfers of growing files watchfolder can initiate.	8	4
Target rate	The target transfer rate.	10000	10000
Bandwidth policy	The bandwidth policy used for prioritizing growing file transfers.	fair	high
Transport encryption	Transfer with an encryption method.	none	aes128
TCP port	TCP port to use for this Watch Folder. If different, Console connects to the target node using this port instead.	22	22
fasp™ port (UDP)	UDP port to use for this Watch Folder. If different, Console connects to the target node using this port instead.	33001	33001
Completion timeout	Duration in seconds of inactivity after which Console considers the growing file transfer to be complete.	10	15
Memory	The maximum amount of memory that the faspstream binary is allowed to use.	128	128
Chunk size	The size of data to pack before sending over the network.	128	128
Growing file filters	Defines which files are considered growing files. Click the button to add a new filter to identify the growing file. You can set a filter to include or exclude files by globbing or by regular expression.		*.m2p